Irakli Kobakhidze participating in European Political Community summit

Irakli Kobakhidze, Prime Minister of Georgia is participating in the European Political Community (EPC) Summit.

According to the Government Administration, the leaders attending the IX EPC Summit are being hosted by Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin.

The Head of Government of Georgia attended the opening plenary session of the Summit, which began with addresses by the Prime Minister of Ireland and the President of the European Council, António Costa.

The participating leaders posed for a joint photograph.

As part of the IX EPC Summit, the Prime Minister of Georgia will participate in a roundtable discussion on the theme of Safeguarding the Security and Defence of a Democratic Europe.

"We are participating in the European Political Community Summit, where we will address a roundtable discussion. We also regularly use this format for bilateral meetings and discussions with other leaders. This Summit will follow a similar format.

The roundtable discussion will focus on the state of democracy in Europe. We will express our position on all relevant issues and, from Georgia's perspective, seek to provide our European friends with an understanding of the current situation and emerging trends.

Georgia plays a key role in terms of connectivity, particularly given that, unfortunately, Europe's routes towards the East have been disrupted following Russia's economic isolation from the rest of Europe and the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East.

The South Caucasus and Georgia in particular, remains the only land gateway connecting Europe with the East.

We are fully prepared to cooperate with Europe and the European Union in this regard and naturally we will also discuss this issue with our European partners," stated Irakli Kobakhidze.

The Prime Minister of Georgia is attending the EPC Summit accompanied by a delegation that includes Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Maka Botchorishvili and Head of Government Administration Levan Zhorzholiani.