Georgian PM to visit Azerbaijan this week
By Amina Nazarli
Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili will visit Azerbaijan with an official visit in the coming days. This was announced after a meeting of Kvirkiashvili with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, who was in Tbilisi for an official visit on August 29.
Kvirikashvili and Mammadyarov discussed the issues of strategic cooperation between the two countries, as well as prospects for deepening of partnership in the spheres of politics, culture, energy, trade and economy.
They also spoke about the joint large-scale energy projects of
regional significance.
They noted that Georgia and Azerbaijan are the main transport links
of communication between East and West.
At the meeting the strategic nature of Southern Gas Corridor was stressed and importance of regional projects being carried out to this end, as well as existing active cooperation between the two countries were highlighted.
Kvirikashvili informed about the progress of the construction of the Georgian section of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line and expressed his hopes for completion of the project on time.
Mammadyarov, in turn, stressed the strategic nature of relations between the two countries and underlined that the development of these ties are in progress.
Implementation of joint main infrastructure projects and importance of mutual investments were also mentioned and successful activity and work of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) in Georgia were commended.
During a one-day visit, Mammadyarov also met with the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament David Usupashvili. The sides discussed bilateral relations, including the issues of inter-parliamentary and economic cooperation.
Prior to these meetings Azerbaijani FM met with his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Janelidze, where the sides stressed that Azerbaijan and Georgia will continue cooperation and mutual support in international organizations, particularly in the UN and its divisions, GUAM, Council of Europe, European Union, and BSEC.
Georgia and Azerbaijan established diplomatic relations in 1992. The countries are actively cooperating in trade, transport and energy spheres.
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