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The following is a list of international presidential trips made by Salome Zourabichvili since she became the 5th President of Georgia on 16 December 2018.
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Details | Photo |
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Belgium | Brussels | January 21 | Working visit to the European Union, European Parliament, and NATO[1] | |
Afghanistan | Kabul, Bagram | February 8 | Official Visit to President Ashraf Ghani, working visit to inspect Georgian troops at the Bagram Air Field | |
France | Paris, Leuville-sur-Orge | 19-20 February | State visit to sign the Dimitri Amilakhvari Structured Dialogue Declaration[2] | |
Germany | Berlin | 20-21 February | The meeting highlighted Germany’s special role in Georgia’s EU integration process.[3] | |
Azerbaijan | Baku, Zaqatala, Qakh | 27-28 February | Zourabichvili stated that the two countries started a new, independent life together after the collapse of the Soviet Union. | |
Lithuania | Vilnius | 7-8 March | Georgian President says that Lithuania is a good example for Georgia on how to join NATO and the EU. | |
Armenia | Yerevan | 13-14 March | President Salome Zurabishvili said that the level of her delegation testifies to a great interest towards cooperation with Armenia.[4] | |
Poland | Warsaw | 7 May | The presidents spoke about the situation in Georgia’s occupied regions, the country’s EU and NATO aspirations, as well as on deepening Georgian-Polish economic and cultural ties.[5] | |
France | Paris | 14 May | Participation at the Euronews conference "Popular Europe or Populist Europe?" | |
Latvia | Riga | 15-16 May | During the meeting, the President of Latvia announced support for Georgia’s European integration and its territorial integrity | |
Estonia | Tallinn | 16-17 May | The Georgian President said the two countries “are following the same path to the same future”. | |
Ukraine | Kyiv | 20 May | Inauguration of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as President of Ukraine. | |
Switzerland | Geneva | 10-11 June | Keynote address at the centennial celebration of the International Labour Organization | |
Belarus | Minsk | 20-21 June | Opening ceremony of the 2019 European Games and meeting with President Alexander Lukashenko. Meeting cut short following the beginning of the 2019 Georgian protests. | |
United States | New York | 24-30 September | Salome Zurabichvili is holding a number of meetings on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.[6] |
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
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Israel | Jerusalem | 21-23 January | Travelled to Jerusalem for the World Holocaust Forum to commemorate the 75 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.[7] |
France | Strasbourg | 28 January | [8] |
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes | Photo |
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North Macedonia | Skopje | 10 May | [9] | |
Monaco | Monte Carlo | 9 June | Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili promoted Georgian wine at a special event entitled 'Meeting with Vine Roots' which was attended by His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco Albert II and locals as well as Georgian winemakers.[10] | |
Vatican | Vatican | 16 June | Salome Zurabishvili has met with Pope Francis. During the meeting they discussed a number of issues including the importance of global solidarity during the Covid-19 pandemic, the grave humanitarian situation in the Russian-occupied Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali, as well as Georgia’s role of a mediator between Armenia and Azerbaijan to promote peace and stability in the region.[11] | |
Ukraine | Kyiv | 23 June | During the conversation, special attention was paid to the practical cooperation between Ukraine and Georgia in the context of deepening relations with the EU and NATO.[12] | |
France | Paris | 1 July | Presidents discussed intensification and further development of bilateral political and economic relations between the two countries, the ongoing processes in the region, and the EU’s role in the region and Black Sea security issues.[13] | |
Austria | Vienna | 11-13 October | Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has paid a historic official visit to Austria. She is the first Georgia president to visit the country in an official capacity for the first time in 100 years.[14] | |
Switzerland | Geneva, Bern | 13-15 October | President Salome Zourabichvili met with Swiss President Guy Parmelin in Bern to discuss bilateral relations, Swiss policy on peace, economic ties and security in the Caucasus.[15] |
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