As part of the first official visit to Kyrgyzstan, the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili met with Marlen Mamataliyev, Speaker of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic.

The meeting highlighted the growing cooperation between Georgia and Kyrgyzstan. The high-level meetings and visits held in recent years were also noted.

Shalva Papuashvili thanked the Kyrgyz side for its support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The parties discussed bilateral cooperation. They expressed their readiness to further deepen parliamentary cooperation and emphasised the importance of strengthening ties between the parliamentary friendship groups.

Cooperation in the areas of trade, tourism and transport was also discussed.

Particular attention was paid to the strategic importance of the Middle Corridor. The parties expressed their readiness to work towards its further development.

As part of the visit, the Speaker of the Parliament, together with the parliamentary delegation, laid a wreath at the Urkun Memorial in the Kyrgyz Republic, which commemorates the mass national liberation uprising of the Kyrgyz people against the Russian Empire in 1916. The Georgian parliamentary delegation paid tribute to the memory of those who perished.

The Georgian parliamentary delegation comprises: Ilia Injia, Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia; Davit Matikashvili, Chair of the Procedural Issues Committee and Head of the Georgia-Kyrgyzstan Parliamentary Friendship Group; Davit Sherazadishvili, Deputy Chair of the Agriculture Committee; Giorgi Chkonia, Member of the Parliament of Georgia and member of the Georgia-Kyrgyzstan Parliamentary Friendship Group.