Foreign Ministry welcomes signing of declaration on establishment of Dimitri Amilakhvari French-Georgian Dialogue

16:41, 19.02.2019

The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the signing of a declaration on the establishment of Dimitri Amilakhvari French-Georgian Dialogue.

In a statement released by the Ministry, it is said that the establishment of such a format of cooperation highlights the importance of high-level political dialogue between Georgia and France.

According to the Foreign Ministry, the dialogue comprises different directions: politics, defense, and security, economy and trade, education, science and culture. The meetings within the framework of the dialogue will take place once a year based on the rotation principle, in Tbilisi and Paris.

Emmanuel Macron, President of France and Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili signed the declaration on the establishment of Dimitri Amilakhvari French-Georgian Dialogue.

Dimitri Amilakhvari was a French military officer and Lieutenant Colonel of the French Foreign Legion, of Georgian origin who played an influential role in the French Resistance against Nazi occupation in World War II and became an iconic figure of the Free French Forces. He died in 1942.

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