Georgian Parliament Speaker to visit Malta, Italy with parliamentary delegation
The meetings are also planned with the Prefect of the Dicastery of the Eastern Churches and the Secretary of State of the Holy See in the Vatican Apostolic Palace. Photo via Parliament of Georgia
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, together with the parliamentary delegation, will arrive in Malta and Italy on a six-day visit, the Parliament press office said on Sunday.
As part of the working visits from Sunday to Friday, Papuashvili is set to hold meetings with his Maltese counterpart and the President of Malta, as well as members of the Foreign and European Affairs Committee of the Maltese Parliament.
Georgian Parliament Speaker and the country’s delegation will meet with Lorenzo Fontana, the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy and Gian Marco Centinaio, the Vice-President of the Senate, as well as Raffaele Fitto, the Minister for European Affairs and Edmondo Cirielli, the Deputy Foreign Minister.
The meetings are also planned with the Prefect of the Dicastery of the Eastern Churches and the Secretary of State of the Holy See in the Vatican Apostolic Palace.
During the visit to Italy, the delegation will also meet the members of the Italy-Georgia parliamentary friendship group and the representatives of the Georgian diaspora.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Monday vowed his country’s support for Georgia’s accession to the European Union.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani on Friday signed a joint declaration on the launch of a “high-level dialogue” between the two states, the Foreign Ministry said.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday discussed the country’s progress on its Euro-Atlantic integration path and ways to further improve communication with Georgian communities abroad in a meeting with members of the country’s diaspora in Italy.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Edmondo Cirielli, the Italian Deputy Foreign Minister, on Wednesday, welcomed the friendly relations and close ties established between the two countries and reaffirmed their readiness to continue close cooperation in both bilateral and multilateral formats.
Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, and George Vella, the President of Malta, on Tuesday discussed bilateral cooperation during the visit of a Georgian Parliamentary delegation to the country.
The Georgian Defence Ministry and a visiting delegation of Italian Armed Forces General Staff discussed the current ties and prospects of future cooperation, signing a bilateral cooperation agreement for 2024.