FM highlights “new level” of Saudi ties following Intergovernmental Coordination Council formation
Saudi Arabian FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan said the decision to create the Council had been made within the Georgian Prime Minister’s visit to the country in 2022. Photo: MFA of Georgia
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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”.
In his remarks over the agreement that was signed on Wednesday, Darchiashvili noted “various ministries” would be involved in implementing the agreement, which “will give a new impetus to the relations between the two countries”.
Saudi Arabian FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan said the decision to create the Council had been made within the Georgian Prime Minister’s visit to the country in 2022.
This agreement is an important milestone in our positive relationship. There is a real opportunity to further strengthen and move the existing cooperation between our countries to an active stage”, the Saudi Minister said.
Darchiashvili added he had invited his Saudi counterpart to Georgia, where the inaugural meeting of the Council will be hosted.
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 is on a visit to Saudi Arabia to hold a meeting with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Tuesday.
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 Tuesday highlighted the importance of cooperation with Saudi Arabia in a meeting with Nikoloz Revazishvili, Georgia’s newly appointed Ambassador to the country.
Levan Davitashvili, the Economy Minister of Georgia and Khalid A. Al-Falih, the Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia, on Thursday opened the Georgian-Saudi Investment Forum in Tbilisi.
Mikheil Khidureli, the CEO of Enterprise Georgia, the state agency promoting entrepreneurship, investment and exports, on Thursday said the main domestic sectors that saw Saudi Arabian investments “coincide” with the country's priorities.
Khalid A. Al-Falih, the Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia, on Thursday highlighted possibilities of cooperation with Georgia “in many areas” while speaking at the Georgian-Saudi Investment Forum in Tbilisi.