Adjara Gov’t officials, Japanese Ambassador discuss ties
The Japanese official also visited Batumi Botanical Garden in the regional capital, which houses one of the oldest “Japanese corners” in Europe, and discussed improving the site with Director Irakli Archaia. Photo: Embassy of Japan in Georgia
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Strengthening bilateral relations between Georgia and Japan, and deepening cooperation in culture, economy, tourism, agriculture and education were discussed over the past week in meetings between officials of the Government of the western Georgian region of Adjara and Hideki Ishizuka, the newly appointed Japanese Ambassador to the country.
The Embassy said on Thursday the meetings saw a donation of waste collection hardware and an excavator by the Japanese Government to the Shuakhevi and Khelvachauri municipalities of the Georgian region within a $143,852 grant through the Grassroots Human Security Grant Programme, which supports small-scale initiatives for improving the living standards of local citizens and promoting education and culture.
Photo: Embassy of Japan in Georgia
The Ambassador also visited a $72,000 mobile library purchased by the Japanese Government for communities in mountainous parts of Adjara in 2021, with the goal of boosting access to literature and education for locals.
Photo: Embassy of Japan in Georgia
The Japanese official also visited Batumi Botanical Garden in the regional capital, which houses one of the oldest “Japanese corners” in Europe, and discussed improving the site with Director Irakli Archaia.
Relations between Georgia and Japan in various fields were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Georgian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, and Hideki Ishizuka, the newly appointed Japanese Ambassador to the country.
Cooperation between Georgia and Japan in various fields was discussed on Thursday in a meeting between Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the newly appointed Ambassador Ishizuka Hideki.
The Japanese government has purchased a mobile library worth $72,000 and gifted it to the people living in Georgia’s mountainous Adjara region yesterday to boost access to books and education for the local population.
The Japanese Embassy to Georgia and international organization Mercy Corps have gifted two forest firefighting vehicles to the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Georgia’s Economy Ministry and the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on Monday signed a memorandum of cooperation in information and communication, involving development of broadband internet technology in Georgia.