Giorgi Kvirikashvili and Benjamin Netanyahu, July 24, 2017. Photo: gov.ge
Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili met with his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem on July 24 and said that Georgia is willing to expand bilateral relations with “this remarkable country.”
The Georgian PM’s press office reported in its press release of the meeting that the two leaders spoke on a range of topics, including trade, economy, investments, innovations and security.
Speaking at a joint press briefing after the meeting, Kvirikashvili said that the bilateral relations “are developing very rapidly and the exchange of high level visits gives additional impetus” to their cooperation. “Georgia is committed to further strengthening of bilateral ties with the State of Israel.”
The Prime Minister added that there has been a “significant progress” in the Georgian-Israeli relations, including in agriculture, high technologies and security.
PM Kvirikashvili also noted that threats facing the two nations “are quite similar” and that Georgia is “very supportive” to the people of Israel in its fight “for procuring long-term stability.”
PM Netanyahu said in remarks for the press that the two nations had “natural sympathy” for each other, “both through the human bridge of Georgians who now live in Israel, but also, [through] common sentiments and sympathies, and deep appreciation for each one’s culture.”
“We are both vibrant countries, eager to seize the future, secure our homelands, and ensure that we march a march of progress,” he noted, expressing hope that the two countries would increase cooperation on security, health and water.
Netanyahu also touched upon the Georgian-Israeli cooperation in defeating the “forces of Islamic terror,” saying that the two countries are both concerned about “the spillover effect of the disemboweling of Syria.”
As part of his two-day official visit to Israel, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili will also meet Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein and and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
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