Ruling party head: cooperation with China “extremely important”

Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday said the country’s cooperation with China was “extremely important”, and further pointed out the ties could “bring very tangible results for our country and citizens”. 

In his remarks over the ongoing visit of the ruling party’s delegation to China, Kobakhidze noted both political and economic cooperation with Beijing. 

Last year was historic in terms of deepening relations between China and Georgia. A strategic partnership agreement was signed, and our aim is [...] to ensure the proper implementation of this cooperation agreement - and this is what our visit serves”, he said.

“There are many areas where relations can be deepened - of course it is important to deepen the political aspect, it is important to deepen economic relations - and this should have very specific tangible results. We attach great importance to the development of relations between Georgia and China”, 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.