Georgian PM, French Ambassador review cooperation prospects
The officials highlighted the importance of France's support for Georgia's integration into the European Union and NATO. Photo: Government Administration
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Relations between Georgia and France and prospects for future cooperation were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Sheraz Gasri, the French Ambassador to Georgia.
The meeting noted France’s status as a “friend and reliable partner” of Georgia, the Government Administration said.
Garibashvili thanked Gasri for her “strong support” for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia and her Government’s policy of non-recognition of the Russian-occupied regions of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) and Abkhazia.
The officials highlighted the importance of France's support for Georgia's integration into the European Union and NATO.
The head of the Government also stressed his Government would “continue to support European values” and “play a constructive role” in supporting regional peace and stability.
Gotcha Javakhishvili, Georgia’s newly appointed Ambassador to France, on Thursday stressed “a lot of work” was being done for restoring the historic Leuville estate in the country and its items of historical significance, in a response to a social media post that appeared to show photographs of disorderly conditions and negligence over items at the venue on Monday.
Revaz Javelidze, the Head of Georgian Government Administration, was on Thursday elected as Chair of the commission tasked with selecting the head of the recently set up Anti-Corruption Bureau.
The Georgian parliamentary delegation, led by the head of the defence and security committee Irakli Beraia, discussed regional and Georgian security challenges, as well as Russia’s war against Ukraine in bilateral meetings held within the framework of the ongoing NATO parliamentary assembly in Madrid.
About 10 local tourism companies and the Georgian national tourism administration are participating in the major French travel B2B event IFTM Top Resa, hosted in Paris between Tuesday and Thursday as a networking opportunity for travel trade professionals, the GNTA announced on Wednesday.
French and German ambassadors to Georgia, Sheraz Gasri and Peter Fischer, on Friday said the European Union had “opened its arms” to Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in last year’s decisions on the Associated Trio countries’ aspirations for joining the bloc, in a joint statement released on the first anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna will visit Georgia on Friday to meet the country’s officials, the French foreign office said.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, on Friday said France was an “important partner” with a “particular importance” in shaping positions of the European Union, ahead of the visit of the French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna to Georgia.
Georgia is very proud to maintain a trusting, close and long-standing partnership with France, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Friday at the official reception held in Tbilisi on the occasion of the national day of France - Bastille Day.
The “deepening” bilateral cooperation between Georgia and France, and the French Government’s support for Georgia’s European perspective were discussed on Monday in a meeting between Natia Turnava, the Acting Governor of the National Bank of Georgia, and Sheraz Gasri, the French Ambassador to the country.