The FINANCIAL — Within the framework of his visit to Baku the Georgian Vice Premier, Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze met with his Turkish counterpart, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.
The two ministers highly appraised Georgia-Turkey co-operation in bilateral and regional formats and welcomed the first meeting of the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Iran-Turkey quadrilateral format of co-operation in Baku, according to MFA of Georgia.
Mikheil Janelidze and Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu discussed the issues on the agenda of the next meeting of the Georgia-Turkey High-level Strategic Cooperation Council. Discussions also focused on the successful trade-economic relations and the participation of Georgia and Turkey in the international transit projects.
The Ministers also spoke about the issues relating to co-operation within NATO and the forthcoming NATO summit. Turkey reaffirmed Ankara’s firm support for Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations.
On closing, Mikheil Janelidze invited hs Turkish counterpart to Georgia on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the first democratic republic of Georgia.