It is a great honor for me to be making my first official visit as President of Georgia to the friendly Republic of Turkey, with whom Georgia shares a solid strategic partnership and multifaceted cooperation. Such a statement Mikheil Kavelashvili made at a joint briefing with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

"I would like to thank the President of Turkey for the exceptional and warm hospitality extended during the visit… Today, during our highest-level meetings, we reviewed the active agenda of bilateral and multilateral relations between Georgia and Turkey, exchanged views on significant regional issues, and outlined perspectives for future cooperation.

Turkey ranks as Georgia`s number one trading partner… It is important to boost Georgian product exports to ensure the free trade agreement benefits both nations equally.

Considering ongoing processes in the contemporary world, we placed special emphasis on prospects for deepening regional, trade-economic, and transport-energy cooperation.

We discussed the Middle Corridor concept and its strategic significance, with particular attention to major infrastructure projects including the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline, Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, and the Southern Gas Corridor.

These projects give our countries` roles and functions new dimensions in the global geopolitical arena. Today`s meeting confirmed how strong our political will is to deepen our strategic partnership", - said the President of Georgia. 

Mikheil Kavelashvili personally invited Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to visit Georgia