Georgia

President Klaus Iohannis on Monday welcomed visiting Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace, praising the excellent quality of the relationships between Romania and Georgia, reflected also in the dynamics of the political dialogue in recent years.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila had talks with a governmental delegation from Georgia headed by Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze, on Monday, at Victoria Palace, where the two officials established to step up efforts to develop tourism between the two countries, considered a field with a huge potential.

In recent years, economic ties between Bulgaria and Georgia have been growing intensively with relatively high levels of commodity exchange, with Bulgaria in the top ten of Georgia's main trading partners, writes Econ.bg

Bulgaria is for continuing dialogue with Russia on the issue of annexing the Crimea. This was stated in Washington by Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, who is there on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the creation of NATO.

A Georgian consulate was opened in Blagoevgrad, a city in south-west Bulgaria earlier in March, reports Georgia Today. 

The opening was marked by a reception attended by Bulgarian officials, diplomats, journalists, Georgian students, Georgia's honorary consul Yuliy Nushev, employees from the Georgian consulate, and representatives from the Diaspora.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has assured Tbilisi that Georgia will join the North Atlantic Alliance despite opposition from Moscow, the France press reported.

"All 29 allies clearly stated that Georgia should become a NATO member (...) We will continue to work together to prepare Georgia for membership," Stoltenberg said during a news conference with Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze.

Turkey is committed to defending Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity, said Russia's foreign minister on March 6.       

Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Melescanu and his counterparts from Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia signed on Monday a declaration on Romania's commitment to a freight route linking the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

Twenty illegal migrants - five Georgians and 15 Pakistanis - were returned to their home countries on flights from Athens International Airport on Tuesday, authorities said on Friday.
The flights to Tbilisi and Islamabad followed the repatriation of 12 Pakistani and six Georgians on January 9.