Hungarian PM completes Tbilisi visit after first intergovernmental summit, signing 10 new deals
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán arrived in Georgia with his wife and delegation on Tuesday on a three-day visit. Photo: Government press office
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday completed his three-day official visit to Georgia after holding the first intergovernmental summit with his Georgian counterpart Irakli Garibashvili and signing new 10 agreements on cooperation between state agencies of the two countries.
Garibashvili and his wife accompanied the visiting official and his delegation to Tbilisi airport for their departure, the Georgian Government press office said.
Orbán arrived in Georgia with his wife and the delegation on Tuesday, and held a face-to-face meeting with Garibashvili on Wednesday and a joint press briefing on Thursday, where the official pledged his country’s “firm support” for Georgia’s EU integration.
The Georgian PM hailed the visit as “historic”, and commended Orbán as a “true friend and exemplary leader”.
The meetings with Hungarian officials also discussed bilateral cooperation and joint energy projects, along with Tbilisi’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, together with his spouse Nunuka Tamazashvili, on Thursday hosted visiting Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán and his spouse Anikó Lévai in the historical estate of the 19th-century Georgian nobility - Tsinandali Estate in the country’s winemaking Kakheti region.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday said his Government was “very disappointed and angry” at the European Council’s 2022 decision not to grant Georgia its membership candidate status while granting it to the countries that were “far behind” in terms of their qualifications.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday said Georgia had shown “very high indicators” of economic growth and development “for several years” and its rapprochement with the European Union should be “much easier”.
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.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday claimed members of the domestic opposition had “attacked” Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian Prime Minister, during his visit to Georgia this week due to his support for Georgia’s European integration and “adequate values”.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Monday called Hungary a “reliable” and “strong” partner for Georgia at an event dedicated to celebrate an anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian revolution.
Reforms implemented in the penitentiary system of Georgia were discussed in a meeting between the Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze and the Hungarian Interior Minister Sándor Pintér on Friday in Hungary, the Georgian Ministry said.