Georgian PM hails Orbán as “wise, visionary national leader” at CPAC Conference
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday praised his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán in his address to the Conservative Political Action Conference. Photo: Governmnet press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday praised his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán as a “wise and visionary national leader” defending the interests of his “brave” country, in his address to the ongoing Conservative Political Action Conference in Budapest.
Highlighting the importance of the gathering of conservative activists and officials across the world, hosted by the American Conservative Union, the head of the Georgian Government stressed the Hungarian people were “lucky to have such a leader in this difficult era”, who he said stood “guarding fundamental values and is truly an exemplary politician, ruler and a striving Christian man”.
In remarks on the Conference launched in 1974, the PM noted the next year marked its 50th anniversary and would commemorate the inaugural session where the “legendary [United States] President Ronald Reagan delivered his speech”.
For half a century, the movement commenced by the American Conservative Union has been fighting for the strengthening of traditional, supreme values in the world. Indeed, it was exciting for me to be invited to such an important forum. I am very grateful to the leaders and organisers of the Conference for this opportunity”, the PM said.
Garibashvili noted the event marked a “unity of nations in today's most challenging time”, and offered opportunities to discuss values that “underpin this unity”.
The Conference opening also involved keynote addresses by Miklós Szánthó, the Director General of Hungary’s Center for Fundamental Rights, Matt Schlapp, the Chairman of the ACU, and the Hungarian PM.
The event’s agenda involves talks on conservative topics ranging from religion to current cultural discourse and family.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday highlighted the “power of faith, family traditions, eternal and universal values” in his keynote address at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Hungary’s capital city of Budapest.
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 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.
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.
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday praised his Georgian counterpart by saying Georgia under his Government was an example of a state maintaining “values” while living under a “shadow of Russia”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday highlighted the importance of peace on the backdrop of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and called the conflict “the most dramatic” since World War II, in his keynote address at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Hungary’s capital city of Budapest.
Dear Prime Minister Orban, Dear Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a great privilege for me to be here, in Hungary, the true heart of Europe and one of its oldest countries, in this charming capital of Budapest. I share with you the admiration for its rich history, and the fight that Hungary has conducted for centuries, to protect Europe and the free world from numerous enemies.
The existing relations between Georgia and Hungary, as well as the prospects of future cooperation in both bilateral and multilateral formats, were discussed on Thursday by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán.
Rati Ionatamishvili, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday called Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s address at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Budapest this week a “speech of a national and state leader” that touched on “all important issues” facing Georgia.