Hungarian Ambassador to Georgia hails country’s PM’s decision to participate in “important” Conservative Political Action Conference
Hungary is a conservative country based on “three important values: family, Christianity and nation”, which serve as a link for friendship between Georgia and Hungary, the Ambassador emphasised. Photo via Government Administration
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Hungarian Ambassador to Georgia Anna Maria Siko on Wednesday hailed Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s decision to accept the invitation and participate in an “important conference” - the Conservative Political Action Conference, in Hungary’s capital city of Budapest.
Siko noted she was glad to host the Georgian PM in Hungary, highlighting last year’s “excellent meeting” where the officials of the two countries had discussed raising relations to a “new strategic level” and signed a “very important” document in this regard, to allow the import of energy from Azerbaijan to Hungary through Georgia and Romania, the Government Administration said.
Hungary is a conservative country based on “three important values: family, Christianity and nation”, which serve as a link for friendship between Georgia and Hungary, the Ambassador emphasised.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday left for Hungary’s capital city of Budapest to participate in the Conservative Political Action Conference, a conference involving conservative officials and activists and hosted by the American Conservative Union.
The “principal” directions of cooperation between Hungary and Georgia were discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Balázs Orbán, the director of the political department of the Prime Minister of Hungary.
Péter Szijjártó, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary on a visit to Georgia, on Thursday noted the Georgian Government’s work to preserve the country’s sovereignty amid increasing external pressure.
Péter Szijjártó, the Hungarian Foreign Minister, on Thursday reaffirmed his country’s support for Georgia’s European Union integration goals at a meeting with his Georgian counterpart Ilia Darchiashvili.
Revaz Javelidze, the Head of the Government Administration, on Wednesday said Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference would focus on the “very important” Georgian values.
Georgian Ambassador to Hungary, Tamar Liluashvili, on Wednesday said Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili would hold high-level bilateral meetings during his visit to Budapest, where he would “once again” highlight the “existing close relationship” between the two states.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday addressed the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Budapest by stressing his country’s “rightful place” was in Europe and added Georgia “deserved” to receive the European Union membership candidate status by the end of this year.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, the visiting Hungarian Defence Minister, on Monday discussed bilateral cooperation, strategic partnership and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration.
Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze and his Hungarian counterpart Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on Monday discussed Black Sea regional security challenges and bilateral cooperation between their countries, the Georgian Defence Ministry said.