Jean Asselborn and Mikheil Janelidze, March 28, 2018. Photo: maee.gouvernement.lu
The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, and his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Janelidze met in Tbilisi yesterday and discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.
According to the Georgian Foreign Ministry, the two ministers spoke on the country’s European and NATO integration processes, as well as the prospects of economic cooperation between the two nations.
“Georgia enjoys a very strong support from Luxembourg in terms of its European and Euro-Atlantic integration; we spoke about these issues today, and about the reforms that will bring us closer to full-fledged membership in the European and the Euro-Atlantic families,” FM Janelidze said at a joint press conference after the meeting.
“We [also] appreciate Luxembourg’s strong support of our territorial integrity,” the Foreign Minister Janelidze also noted, adding that despite “very close” political and economic relations, there was “a much larger potential in various fields, be it banking, financing or education and culture.”
FM Janelidze spoke on the EU visa waiver anniversary as well, stressing the country would continue implementing measures to reduce the growing number of Georgian applications for EU asylum.
FM Jean #Asselborn & #Georgia FM @JanelidzeMkh discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations in the #trade & #investment field in order to reflect on the economic side the excellence of bilateral political relations pic.twitter.com/bvx4HSM9ea
— MFA Luxembourg (@MFA_Lu) March 28, 2018
Later on March 28, Jean Asselborn held meetings with President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Deputy Parliament Speaker Tamar Chugoshvili. Today, he is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
