Georgian Parliament official, Swedish Defence Committee Chair discuss cooperation, security issues
Beraia extended his gratitude to Hultqvist for Sweden’s support in strengthening Georgia's sovereignty, territorial integrity, Euro-Atlantic integration and defence capabilities. Photo: Georgian Parliament
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Cooperation between defence committees of Georgian and Swedish parliaments, security of the Euro-Atlantic space and the Black Sea region were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between a Georgian parliamentary delegation led by Irakli Beraia, the Chair of the Defence and Security Committee of the lawmaking body, and Peter Hultqvist, the Defence Committee Chair of the Swedish Parliament.
Hosted in Stockholm, the meeting also covered the current situation in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) as well as Sweden’s support for the country’s NATO integration path, the Georgian Parliament said.
Pleased 2 meet my ????????Swedish colleague, Defense Committee Chair Peter Hultqvist.Discussed regional security, challenges ???????? faces, ????????’s Euro-Atlantic Integration, cooperation btw our committees & deepening Georgian-Swedish defense partnership.Thank U dear colleague 4 supporting ????????. pic.twitter.com/Toh1ZEjhTs
— Irakli Beraia (@IrakliBeraiaMP) October 24, 2023
The officials also pointed out the importance of deepening the defence partnership between the two countries.
Beraia extended his gratitude to Hultqvist for Sweden’s support in strengthening Georgia's sovereignty, territorial integrity, Euro-Atlantic integration and defence capabilities.
The regional security challenges and bilateral cooperation between Georgia and Sweden, as well as relations with NATO, were discussed on Tuesday by Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze and his Swedish counterpart Carl-Oskar Bohlin.
The bilateral cooperation, “close” and “friendly” relations between Georgia and Sweden were discussed on Thursday by the Georgian foreign minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billström in a meeting held within the framework of the 29th OSCE ministerial council in Łódź.
Hans Wallmark, a member of the Swedish parliament Riksdag on Saturday said he had expectations of “positive signals and changes” in Georgia after the European Commission would evaluate the implemented EU conditions, as the country has been a member of the European family.
Ulrik Tideström, the ambassador of Sweden to Georgia, on Tuesday said the European Union had opened its door to Georgia and “clearly recognised” the country’s European perspective.
The fruitful cooperation between Georgia and Sweden and the former's European integration path were discussed on Monday in a meeting between Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament and Anna Lyberg, the newly appointed Ambassador of Sweden to the country.
The current situation in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) and matters of regional security environment were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between Irakli Beraia, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's Defence and Security Committee, and members of the Swedish delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
The “fruitful” cooperation between Georgia and Sweden was discussed in a meeting between Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Anna Lyberg, the Ambassador of Sweden to the country, the Government Administration said on Wednesday.