Georgian PM featuring in Munich Security Conference opening
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday joined world leaders in the opening session of the Munich Security Conference in Germany. Photo: PM's press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday joined world leaders in the opening session of the Munich Security Conference in Germany, the Government Administration said.
Garibashvili will hold "high-level” bilateral meetings in the 59th edition of the event that will run between Friday and Sunday, while also being involved in a panel discussion.
The Conference was launched by Christoph Heusgen, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressing the audience.
The Conference is bringing together about 40 government officials and hundreds of policymakers and security experts from 100 countries.
The Georgian delegation also includes Minister of Foreign Affairs Ilia Darchiashvili, Minister of Defence Juansher Burchuladze and Revaz Javelidze, the Head of the Government Administration.
Georgia’s Ambassador to Germany Levan Izoria on Friday said the Munich Security Conference would involve “high-level” meetings of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvil with officials and investors between Friday and Sunday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili will feature in the 59th Munich Security Conference, the latest edition of the annual event set to run between Friday and Sunday, the Government Administration said on Thursday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska on Thursday praised the “high-level-dialogue” between the countries “in a number of directions” in a Tbilisi meeting.
A Government meeting on Wednesday discussed the approval of the 2023 Action Plan for the Development Strategy of Georgia and the ongoing reform of the public administration sector, among other topics.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday highlighted Georgia’s progress on its European integration path and the latest “positive report” by the European Commission on the country’s alignment with EU laws at the meeting with Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Government Administration said.
Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on Friday highlighted the “good discussion” with the Georgian Prime Minister Garibashvili and Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili held on the sidelines of the ongoing Munich Security Conference.
The “successful” partnership and “favourable” business environment in Georgia were discussed on Friday between Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Bruno Even, the Chief Executive Officer of Airbus Helicopters, a French helicopter manufacturing company, in a meeting on the sidelines of the ongoing 59th Munich Security Conference, the Government Administration said.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Saturday said the country’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili would highlight Georgia’s intention to play an “important part” of European energy security in the diversification process of energy resources supply to Europe at the Munich Security Conference panel discussion today.
The long-term strategic partnership and the prospects of future cooperation between Georgia and the United States were discussed on Saturday by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and General Christopher Cavoli, the Commander of US European Command, in a meeting held within the ongoing Munich Security Conference.