Georgia and Armenia simplify visa-free travel, further deepening people-to-people relations - Georgian FM
He highlighted the importance of holding “such types” of economic commission meetings between Georgia and Armenia, “greatly” promoting “more effective” cooperation between the relevant ministries and achieving “concrete and tangible results” for their two countries. Photo via Government Administration
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An agreement to further simplify the existing visa-free travel between Georgia and Armenia, which was signed today by the countries’ prime ministers Irakli Garibashvili and Nikol Pashinyan, will make it possible for their nationals to cross the border using identification cards and will further contribute to the deepening of people-to-people relations, Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili said on Thursday.
Darchiashvili, who is part of the Georgian delegation led by Prime Minister Garibashvili, said the meeting of the Intergovernmental Economic Commission in Yerevan was an “important platform”, within which the sides had discussed the existing economic cooperation between the countries and identified the important issues to be addressed for the next meeting by taking “specific, effective steps”.
He highlighted the importance of holding “such types” of economic commission meetings between Georgia and Armenia, “greatly” promoting “more effective” cooperation between the relevant ministries and achieving “concrete and tangible results” for their two countries.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday said the agreements reached between Armenia and Georgia, within the framework of the meeting of the Intergovernmental Economic Commission in Yerevan, would give new sense to the relations between the two countries.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Thursday highlighted the “particularly active” economic ties with Armenia over the recent years, in a comment coming during the ongoing visit of a Governmental delegation to Yerevan.
Armenia has become the sixth largest trade partner of Georgia after turnover between the two countries increased by 70 percent between January and November of 2022 to exceeded the $1 billion mark, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Thursday in comments at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Economic Commission in Yerevan.
Main directions of cooperation between Georgia and Armenia and questions of regional importance were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between the Georgian and Armenian prime ministers
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday sent his condolences on the death of 15 servicemembers following a fire in a military unit in Armenia.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Friday highlighted the “significantly increased” trade turnover between Georgia and Armenia over recent years, with exports from Georgia amounting to $133 million this year and expecting the “growing trend” to continue further.
A deal between Georgia and Armenia came into force today, allowing their nationals to cross the border using biometric identification cards.