Georgia’s PM Irakli Kobakhidze joins European leaders at EPC summit in Dublin

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze is participating in the ninth summit of the European Political Community (EPC), hosted in Dublin by Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Kobakhidze attended the opening plenary session, which featured keynote addresses by Martin and European Council President António Costa, before joining fellow heads of state and government for the traditional family photograph.

As part of the summit programme, the Prime Minister is scheduled to participate in a round-table discussion focused on ensuring the security and defence of a democratic Europe.

“We are participating in the European Political Community summit and will deliver remarks during a round-table session, a format we also utilise for bilateral engagements with European leaders. The round table addresses the state of democracy in Europe. We will outline our position across all agenda items and seek to present current developments and trends from Georgia’s perspective to our European friends,” Kobakhidze stated.

Highlighting Georgia’s strategic position as a transit corridor, Kobakhidze underscored the country’s readiness to deepen cooperation with the European Union.

“Georgia plays a pivotal role in regional connectivity, particularly given that eastward overland routes for Europe have been severed following Russia’s economic isolation from the rest of the continent and the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East. The South Caucasus, and Georgia specifically, remains the sole overland gateway to the East. We stand fully prepared to cooperate with Europe and the EU in this capacity, and we will naturally raise this with our European partners,” he said.

Kobakhidze is leading a senior delegation in Dublin that includes Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili, alongside Head of the Government Administration Levan Zhorzholiani.