Greek President highlights support for Georgia’s European, Euro-Atlantic integration
Sakellaropoulou highlighted the “historical ties” and “centuries-old” friendly relations between the two countries, the Georgian foreign service said. Photo: MFA of Georgia
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Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Thursday said her country supported the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Georgia in a meeting with Georgia’s Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili.
Sakellaropoulou highlighted the “historical ties” and “centuries-old” friendly relations between the two countries, the Georgian foreign service said.
I am glad to have the opportunity to meet you today. We support Georgia's European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Greece is closely monitoring the ongoing events in the South Caucasus region”, the Greek President told Darchiashvili.
Had an honor to meet with @PresidencyGR H.E. Katerina Sakellaropoulou during my visit to Greece. We talked about the perspectives for the development of historical ties between our countries, as well as the importance of ????????'s support for ????????'s European integration. pic.twitter.com/p0gPyYR29t
— Ilia Darchiashvili (@iliadarch) February 16, 2023
In his turn, Darchiashvili said his visit to the country would add a “new impetus” to the relations between the two countries.
We appreciate that there are very warm relations between our peoples. We will continue to work in this direction in the future in order to bring our people closer to each other and to showcase the culture of our countries even more. I am sure that we will have interesting and specific steps in this regard in the near future”, the top Georgian diplomat said.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday highlighted the “special role” of the diaspora in overcoming the existing challenges and strengthening the “positive image” outside the country in a meeting with the heads of Georgian diaspora organisations in Greece and winners of the diaspora initiative projects.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Thursday once again confirmed his country’s support for Georgia's European integration and acknowledged its progress in the process in a meeting with his Georgian counterpart Ilia Darchiashvili.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday highlighted the importance of high-level meetings of officials from Greece and Georgia as he met the Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou in Athens.
Bilateral agenda between Georgia and Greece and the latter’s support for Georgia’s European integration were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Saturday discussed the country’s European integration agenda, as well as global challenges, at the meetings with his Finnish, French and Brazilian counterparts, held on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said.