Georgian FM to discuss ties, EU candidacy prospects with Bulgarian counterpart in visit
Georgian FM Ilia Darchiashvili arrived in Bulgaria on an official visit. Photo: MFA Georgia
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Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will meet with his Bulgarian counterpart Mariya Gabriel on Friday in Sofia, where the officials will discuss bilateral cooperation, prospects for further strengthening of ties and Tbilisi’s European integration goals and prospects, the Georgian foreign office said.
After the face-to-face meeting, the FMs will host a joint press briefing, the press office added, and noted the discussion would be mainly focused on bilateral political, trade, economic, tourism and culture cooperation.
The Georgian official will brief his colleague about his Government's efforts to meet the conditions outlined by the European Union last year for granting Tbilisi its membership candidate status in December.
While in Sofia, the Georgian FM will also visit the Institute of Technology on Friday.
Cooperation between Georgia and Bulgaria and prospects for further strengthening of existing ties were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Otar Berdzenishvili, the country’s newly appointed Ambassador to Bulgaria.
The Embassy of Georgia in Bulgaria on Wednesday unveiled a photograph of the Jvari Monastery, a historic landmark and cultural heritage monument in Georgia, at a bus stop in city centre of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia.
The agenda of bilateral and multilateral cooperation involving Georgia and Bulgaria, and prospects of further deepening the “traditionally friendly” relations between the states were discussed on Saturday in an introductory meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Vesselin Valkanov, the Bulgarian Ambassador to the country.
Georgia's European Union membership bid and the ongoing procedures related to the application were discussed by Ilia Darchiashvili, the Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs and his Bulgarian counterpart Teodora Genchovska during a sitting of the EU Foreign Relations Council in Brussels on Monday.
Georgia's integration into the European Union, bilateral ties and deepening sectoral cooperation between Georgia and Bulgaria were discussed on Friday in a meeting between Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Bulgarian counterpart Mariya Gabriel.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Friday said the National Assembly of Bulgaria had adopted a declaration in favour of granting Georgia the European Union membership candidate status that was “yet another bold demonstration of our friends’ support”.
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Mariya Gabriel on Friday stressed her country would continue to “strongly support” Georgia on the European Union integration path.
Otar Berdzenishvili, the Georgian Ambassador to Bulgaria, on Saturday said the adoption of a declaration “for the first time” by the National Assembly of Bulgaria in support of Georgia on Friday was a “historic” occasion.