The government acted in line with the Constitution when adopting a joint statement on the Georgia-China strategic partnership establishment,” said Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili.

The FM stressed the government implements the foreign policy of the country.

According to Ilia Darchiashvili, the information about the government’s activities is submitted to the Parliament for ratification.

He explained that the joint statement was adopted within the framework of authority granted by the Constitution of Georgia, and its legal obligation to make a prior agreement with the Parliament derived neither from the Constitution nor any other normative act.

“The Constitution determines the forms of the government’s accountability before the Parliament that comprises the obligation of prior agreements of similar statements. It should be noted that four directions are defined in the joint statement: political, economic, inter-nation and cultural relations and international that fully comply with the foreign policy resolution approved by the Georgian Parliament in December 2020, which reads that the government would contribute to the intensification of relations with China,” Darchiashvili said.

The FM remarked that Georgia-China relations should be evaluated from a geopolitical point of view and further went on to say how Georgia gradually expanded its relationship with China in economic, trade and other directions in recent years.