Georgian Parliament Speaker, Uzbek Senate Head discuss “friendly” relations
The parties also expressed readiness for further development of cooperation between their legislative bodies. Photo: Georgian Parliament
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday discussed “friendly” relations and cooperation between the countries with Tanzila Narbaeva, his counterpart from the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan.
Papuashvili, on a visit to the Central Asian region along with a parliamentary delegation, also discussed partnership in culture, tourism and economy with Narbaeva, the Georgian Parliament’s press office said.
Narbaeva noted the “historical” trend of “respect” between the two nations and welcomed the Georgian Government’s “peace-oriented policy”.
Papuashvili emphasised the growing importance of the Middle Corridor, a logistics route connecting Central Asia and China to Europe via the South Caucasus, and said development of its transit and transport potential was in the interest of both countries.
The parties also expressed readiness for further development of cooperation between their legislative bodies.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Sunday left for an official visit to the Central Asian region to hold high-level meetings with the leaders of the legislative and executive authorities of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.
Alibek Kuantyrov, the Economy Minister of Kazakhstan, on Thursday said his country, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia were expecting to increase exports from the Caspian Sea through the Middle Corridor, a logistics link connecting Europe with Asia, to 10 million tonnes by 2025.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday met his Kazakh counterpart Murat Nurtleu to discuss “fruitful cooperation” between the two countries on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva.
Main areas of bilateral cooperation between Georgia and Uzbekistan were discussed on Monday in an extended format meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his Uzbek counterpart Abdulla Aripov.
The deepening of relations, joint projects and the transit potential of Georgia and Turkmenistan were discussed by Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister of Georgia, and Serdar Berdimuhamedow, the President of Turkmenistan, in capital Ashgabat on Wednesday.