PM highlights importance of Saudi ties with new Ambassador to country
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday held a meeting with Nikoloz Revazishvili, Georgia’s newly appointed Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Photo: Government press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday highlighted the importance of cooperation with Saudi Arabia in a meeting with Nikoloz Revazishvili, Georgia’s newly appointed Ambassador to the country.
The head of the Government said he hoped the “positive dynamic” in bilateral ties between the states would be maintained and strengthened.
The Government press office said the current cooperation mainly covered investments, trade and economy.
Revazishvili served as Georgia’s Ambassador to Qatar until September.
The prospects of deepening cooperation between Georgia and Saudi Arabia were discussed on Tuesday between Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Ahmed Al Khatib, the Tourism Minister of Saudi Arabia, at the meeting in Germany.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday met Ahmed Al Khateeb, the Minister of Tourism of Saudi Arabia, to discuss cooperation and define future plans.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday discussed economic relations between Georgia and Saudi Arabia at his meetings with the Minister of Investments Khalid Al-Falih and the Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal Fadil Al-Ibrahim.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday started his official visit to Saudi Arabia, with the country’s officials welcoming the Georgian delegation at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport.
An agreement on the establishment of the Saudi-Georgian Intergovernmental Coordination Council was signed on Wednesday by Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Saudi Arabian counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan, as part of Darchiashvili’s visit to the country.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday said the agreement on the creation of the Intergovernmental Coordination Council between Georgia and Saudi Arabia would take bilateral cooperation to a “new level”.