Georgian, Portuguese parliament officials discuss ties
The meeting also covered Black Sea security, with the officials highlighting Georgia’s transit potential, which they said could play an “important role” in ensuring European security. Photo: Georgian Parliament
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Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Thursday met Telmo Faria, the President of the Committee of European Affairs of Portuguese Parliament, to discuss existing relations between the two countries.
The Georgian Parliament said the meeting, held as a part of an official visit of a Georgian delegation to the country, also discussed possibilities of strengthening parliamentary ties between the states, as well as matters of Georgia's integration into the European Union and NATO.
The body added the members of the delegation informed their Portuguese counterparts about the “difficult situation” in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) and “growing hybrid threats” from the country.
The meeting also covered Black Sea security, with the officials highlighting Georgia’s transit potential, which they said could play an “important role” in ensuring European security.
Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili, who is on an official visit to Portugal, on Thursday said Georgia enjoyed “absolute support” from representatives of the Portuguese parliament.
David Songulashvili, the Chair of the Sectoral Economy and Economic Policy Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Thursday met Hassan bin Abdulla Al-Ghanim, the Speaker of the Shura Council of Qatar, to discuss deepening of economic cooperation between the two countries.
The cooperation between Georgia and Portugal and Georgia’s European integration were discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Tiago Antunes, the Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Portuguese counterpart João Cravinho on Thursday discussed bilateral cooperation, security challenges in Georgia and the wider world and Tbilisi’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations.