Ruling party head says “a lot of space” for deepening cooperation with Beijing

Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday said there was “a lot of space” for deepening cooperation with Beijing during the ongoing visit to China of the ruling party’s delegation. 

Kobakhidze further pointed out the authorities would “do our best” to realise the said potential.

In his remarks over the visit, Kobakhidze noted meetings with Chinese officials focused on political and economic cooperation.

First of all, political cooperation is very important. China supports the territorial integrity of Georgia, our sovereignty. Also, we support the One China principle. [...] It is very important to deepen these relations that have been established between the Governments, between the ruling parties, this is what this visit to China serves”, he said.

“The economic dimension is also particularly important. We already have very close economic cooperation with China, but there is a lot of space to further deepen trade and economic relations. Of course, we will do our best for this as well”, he concluded. 

In the framework of the visit the Georgian officials met the Chair of the International Relations Department of the Chinese ruling party and the Vice President of the Development Research Centre of the State Council.