Georgian, Hungarian PMs discuss “friendly ties” at dinner before official meeting
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his wife on Tuesday hosted the Hungarian PM and his wife at a dinner. Photo: Government press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday hosted his visiting Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán and his wife at a dinner in Bioli wellness resort near Tbilisi, where the officials discussed “friendly ties and partnership” in an informal environment before their scheduled official meeting on Wednesday, the Government press office said.
While in Tbilisi, Orbán will hold a face-to-face meeting with Garibashvili that will be followed by a joint press briefing, before a meeting of the intergovernmental commission and signing of a memorandum.
The visit comes ahead of the European Commission report either later this month or early November on Georgia’s implementation of the European Union conditions for obtaining the bloc’s candidacy in December.
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.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday said he had received confirmation from all European leaders that they would support the decision to grant Georgia the European Union membership candidate status.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, on Wednesday said Hungary was expected to be “vocal” in voicing its support for Georgia’s European integration at the Council of the European Union, the bloc’s key decision-maker, ahead of the EU’s decision later this year whether to grant Tbilisi its membership candidate status.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday told his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán his Government had ensured an “open, transparent and inclusive process” for the implementation of the conditions outlined by the European Union last year for granting Tbilisi its membership candidate status.
Nunuka Tamazashvili and Anikó Lévai, the spouses of Georgian and Hungarian prime ministers, Irakli Garibashvili and Viktor Orbán, on Wednesday were hosted at Georgian artist David Kakabadze’s enamel and goldsmith workshop.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday hailed Viktor Orbán, the visiting Hungarian counterpart, as an “exemplary leader and politician” at a dinner hosted at Tsinandali Radisson Collection in eastern Georgia, while also extending his gratitude for “true friendship” and “firm support” for his country’s European integration.
Georgian and Hungarian authorities on Thursday signed 10 agreements on cooperation between state agencies of the two countries, from technical cooperation to ties in finance, defence, justice and more.