2019-12-13
Giorgi Gakharia, Prime Minister of Georgia met with Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine today.
Leaders reviewed a common European perspective and challenges faced towards territorial integrity of their respective countries at the interface meeting today. Friendly relations existing between the people of Georgia and Ukraine were underlined, which are expected to lead to specific results for both countries.
Head of Government of Georgia and President of Ukraine spoke about further deepening of future cooperation, which will be oriented at overcoming the common challenges towards security and achievement of success towards the Euro-Atlantic integration of both nations.
Interface meeting was followed with an extended one at the Presidential Administration of Ukraine, which involved David Zalkaliani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia and Irakli Chikovani, Foreign Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister of Georgia.
Upon the end of the meeting, Prime Minister of Georgia and President of Ukraine signed an Agreement on the Establishment of a High Level Strategic Council of Georgia and Ukraine. It is aimed at covering four key directions: political, trade-economic, defense-security and cultural-humanitarian interaction. Work-Groups created for each of them will be led by respective ministers, thus ensuring a comprehensive bilateral dialogue at a high level.
Leaders of both countries noted that by signing such Agreements at the highest level, countries manifest their readiness towards advancing relations to even higher level.