Hungarian PM praises Georgian counterpart in CPAC speech
In his address at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Hungary’s capital city of Budapest, Orbán noted the “knowledge” of the Georgian Prime Minister was “really appreciated”. Photo: Government Administration
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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”.
In his address at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Hungary’s capital city of Budapest, Orbán noted the “knowledge” of the Georgian Prime Minister was “really appreciated”.
“Here is the Prime Minister from Georgia - we can learn a lot from him, how a small country can manage to live in the shadow of Russia while maintaining its own [...] values”, Orbán said.
In his turn, Garibashvili stressed the Hungarian people were “very lucky” to have such a “wise and visionary” national leader as Orbán.
“In this difficult era, the Hungarian people are very lucky to have such a wise and visionary national leader, who defends the interests of his brave nation and Hungary, stands guarding fundamental values and is truly an exemplary politician, fighter and a striving Christian man”, he said.
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.
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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.
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.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday announced the group was leaving roles it had held in the Party of European Socialists since 2015, citing an “unacceptable ideological transformation” of the latter and its criticism aimed at GD’s participation in the Conservative Political Action Conference in Budapest last week.
Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian Prime Minister, arrived in Georgia on Tuesday on an official visit alongside his wife and representatives of his Government, the Georgian Government Administration said.