NATO Sec-Gen: I count on all parties to resolve differences through dialogue in Georgia
Irakli Garibashvili is on his first official foreign visit as the new Prime Minister of Georgia. Photo: NATO Agenda.ge, 17 Mar 2021 - 19:23, Tbilisi,Georgia
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with Georgian Prime MInister Irakli Garibashvili in Brussels today that ‘the recent political developments in Georgia are worrying’.
Expressing NATO’s support for the mediation efforts of the European Union Jens Stoltenberg encouraged PM Garibashvili ‘to work with the opposition to find common ground and common solutions’.
NATO expects Georgia to uphold the democratic standards that it has worked so hard to develop in recent years. This includes resolving political differences through dialogue and avoiding divisive rhetoric and actions , NATO Sec-Gen said.
Interview with Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia
BY
January 28, 2021
On January 22, 2021, Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia, visited Brussels to meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about the future of Georgia-EU-NATO relations. Our Senior Editor Paul Nash was able to discuss that visit with President Zourabichvili.
.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili.
Salome Zourabichvili was inaugurated as the first female President of Georgia on December 16, 2018. She was born in 1952 and went to the Institute of Political Studies (1969-1972, Paris, France) and then onto a master s program at Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (1972-1973, New York, USA). From 1974 to 2004, Zourabichvili worked in the diplomatic service for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France in several embassies (including Italy, the United States, and Chad) and with French representations to internation