Georgia’s Turkey Ambassador: “all indicators” of ties between states at “record level”
Giorgi Janjgava, the Georgian Ambassador to Turkey, said “all indicators” of ties between the two countries, from trade turnover to tourism figures, had reached a “record level”. Photo: Gov't Administration
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Giorgi Janjgava, the Georgian Ambassador to Turkey, on Thursday said “all indicators” of ties between the two countries, from trade turnover to tourism figures, had reached a “record level”.
In comments for the ongoing visit of Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili to Turkey, Janjgava said officials from the two countries would meet in “bilateral and multilateral formats”.
The Georgian foreign office said Darchiashvili would meet top Turkish officials on Thursday to discuss a further strengthening of the partnership.
Scheduled discussions with Hakan Fidan, the Turkish Foreign Minister, and Numan Kurtulmuş, the Chairman of the Turkish Parliament, will also centre around exploring avenues for further cooperation in “various sectors”.
The sides will address the current bilateral agenda between the two nations, before the visit ends later on Thursday.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili, who is visiting Turkey, will meet the country’s top officials on Thursday to discuss ways of further strengthening the strategic partnership between the states, the Georgian foreign office said.
Turkey with $2.71 billion, Russia with $2.19 billion and the United States with $1.84 billion were the top trading partners of Georgia in its total external trade turnover between January and November, the National Statistics office said on Tuesday.
Georgian and Turkish civil aviation authorities on Wednesday agreed on updated regulations that allow Georgian airlines to conduct unlimited regular flights to any city of Turkey.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Saturday highlighted the importance of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s participation in the inauguration ceremony of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, together with “many delegations” from around the world, at the latter’s invitation.
Ilia Darchiashvili, the Foreign Minister of Georgia, and Hakan Fidan, his Turkish counterpart, on Thursday discussed matters related to strategic partnership, joint projects and existing security challenges in the South Caucasus region in a meeting in Ankara.
Hakan Fidan, the Turkish Foreign Minister on Thursday said Georgia “holds a special place” as Turkey’s neighbour and strategic partner, following the meeting with his Georgian counterpart Ilia Darchiashvili, who is on an official visit to the country.
The strategic partnership between Georgia and Turkey, especially on the background of the ongoing geopolitical developments across the South Caucasus region, was discussed on Thursday by Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Numan Kurtulmuş, the Speaker of the Grand Assembly of Turkey.
Turkey with $232.6 million, Russia with $190 million and China with $96.4 million were the top trading partners of Georgia in its total external trade turnover in January, the National Statistics office said on Monday.
The “strategic partnership” between Georgia and Turkey was discussed on Friday in a meeting between Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Ali Kaan Orbai, the Turkish Ambassador to the country.