Foreign Relations Committee Chair meets British Ambassador, Chargé d’Affaires of Ukraine

Chairman of the parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee, Nikoloz Samkharadze, met British Ambassador to Georgia Gareth Ward and current Chargé d’Affaires of Ukraine to Georgia, Dmytro Berezhnyi.

According to the parliament’s press service, the meeting touched upon the meeting of the parliamentary dimension of the Crimea Platform, scheduled for December in London, in which a delegation from the Parliament of Georgia will participate at the invitation of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Speakers of the UK’s House of Commons and House of Lords.

The parties focused on prospects for future cooperation intensification and the possibility to hold bilateral meetings in London.

Ukrainian diplomat briefed Nikoloz Samkahadze about the situation in eastern Ukraine and extended gratitude to the Georgian government for support at international forums and humanitarian assistance. He expressed readiness to develop bilateral parliamentary relations.

Discussions with the British Ambassador covered the meeting between the Georgian parliamentary delegation and the Speaker of the UK House of Commons, which took place during the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in Tanzania, as well as the agenda for future relations.