Israeli Knesset Speaker to meet Georgian officials as part of official visit to country
The Israeli Knesset Speaker will meet with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, as well as with Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Nino Kadagidze, the Chair of the Georgian Supreme Court. Photo via Parliament press office
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Amir Ohana, the Speaker of the Israeli Knesset on Sunday arrived in Georgia on an official visit, with Givi Mikanadze, the Head of the Georgia-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group welcoming the official at Tbilisi International Airport.
On Monday, Ohana is set to hold meetings with representatives of the legislative and executive officials of Georgia. The Israeli official will be hosted by Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili in the legislative body, after which the sides will make a statement at a joint press briefing, the Parliament press office said.
The Israeli Knesset Speaker will meet with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, as well as with Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Nino Kadagidze, the Chair of the Georgian Supreme Court.
Georgian lawmakers will also host Ohana and his accompanying delegation at the plenary session of the Parliament of Georgia on Tuesday.
In the symbolic part of his trip, Israeli official will lay a wreath at the Tbilisi memorial for those fallen for Georgia's independence. He will also visit the David Baazov Museum of History of the Jews of Georgia and Georgian-Jewish Relations in Tbilisi.
Givi Mikanadze, the Head of the Georgia-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group and the Georgian delegation on Saturday discussed the high-level cooperation and friendship between the countries with the representatives of the Israeli Government.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, on Thursday told his Georgian counterpart Irakli Garibashvili ties between their nations could be “raised to an even higher level”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday told his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu the two countries were connected with a “special bond and friendship”.
Lasha Zhvania, the Georgian Ambassador to Israel on Thursday said the relations between Georgia and Israel were developing “dynamically” and noted cooperation “has been constantly growing” in all directions, including trade and economic relations.
Givi Mikanadze, the Head of the Georgia-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group in Georgian Parliament on Sunday said the visit of Amir Ohana, the Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, is “highly significant”, which creates potential to further deepen and expand the relations between two countries.
Amir Ohana, the Speaker of the Israeli Knesset on Sunday said that the Israeli side “appreciated” the Georgian population and the country’s Government’s respect for Jewish communities, and stressed that the relationship between two countries has been “getting stronger”.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday discussed bilateral cooperation with Amir Ohana, the visiting Speaker of the Israeli Parliament, with officials hailing the “dynamically developing” partnership in the Tbilisi meeting.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday highlighted “bonds of friendship” between the Georgian and Jewish peoples and noted the “strong ties form the basis for a fruitful, multidimensional cooperation between the two states” in a meeting with the visiting Israeli counterpart Amir Ohana.
Amir Ohana, the Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, on Monday highlighted his “extraordinary” meeting with his Georgian counterpart Shalva Papuashvili in Tbilisi, which he said reviewed deepening the “good relations” between the countries.
Cooperation between Georgia and Israel in “various fields” was discussed on Monday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Amir Ohana, the Speaker of the Israeli Knesset.