German FM to pay first official visit to Georgia this week to “further strengthen ties”

Annalena Baerbock, the German Foreign Minister, will pay her
first official visit to Georgia on Thursday to “further strengthen
bilateral” ties and discuss the country’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations
and related reforms with the country’s top officials, Trend reports with reference
to Agenda.

The German FM is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Irakli
Garibashvili, President Salome Zourabichvili and her Georgian
counterpart Ilia Darchiashvili while in Tbilisi through Friday.

The meetings will focus on German support for Georgia’s
rapprochement with the European Union and NATO, as well as
respective reforms, said the diplomatic mission.

“The aim of the trip is to promote a close and direct exchange
between the two countries and to deepen an excellent cooperation
for Georgia’s European future”, it added.

The Georgian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said the FMs would
hold face-to-face meetings, followed by a meeting between the
countries’ delegations and joint statements of the ministers for
the media.