Georgian President congratulates newly elected Czech counterpart
In her tweet, Zourabichvili wrote she looked forward to working with him on deepening relations between the countries, founded on their “common European values”, and wished the newly elected Czech counterpart “success”. Photo via Presidential Administration
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Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Saturday congratulated Petr Pavel on his victory in the Czech presidential elections.
In her tweet, Zourabichvili wrote she looked forward to working with him on deepening relations between the countries, founded on their “common European values”, and wished the newly elected Czech counterpart “success”.
Congratulations @general_pavel on your election as the President of #CzechRepublic
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) January 28, 2023
I wish you success and look forward to working with you on deepening ????????-???????? relations founded on our common European values
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Pavel, a retired army general and former Chair of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Military Committee, was elected as the new president on Saturday in the second round of elections.
Georgian tea will be sold by Oxalis, one of the leading supermarket chains in the Czech Republic, after a Georgian-based company has received support from the Export Assistance Programme of the Enterprise Georgia state project to deliver its products to the store.
The Czech Embassy in Georgia on Friday said Petr Mikyska, the Czech Ambassador to Georgia, valued the “principled” position of Georgian authorities on the international sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and “detailed” that his comments had been disseminated “out of context” by the media about Czech-made products exported to Russia via Georgia.
Bilateral relations between Georgia and the Czech Republic and Georgia’s prospects for European integration were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between foreign minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Czech counterpart Jan Lipavsky.
Main directions of the “dynamic partnership” between Georgia and the Czech Republic were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili and Czech justice minister Pavel Blažek.