President Kavelashvili: Armenia - Georgia partnership stronger than ever as presidents meet in Tbilisi

Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili on Wednesday said that relations between Georgia and Armenia had reached an unprecedented level of depth and productivity in 2025, stressing that the two nations shared “centuries-old friendship, mutual respect and unwavering strategic partnership.” He made the statement during an official meeting with Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan in Tbilisi.

Kavelashvili welcomed Khachaturyan at the Presidential Palace with a formal ceremony, highlighting that the visit marked their second high-level meeting this year, following his own official trip to Yerevan in April. He expressed gratitude for Armenia’s “warm hospitality” and emphasized that this year had demonstrated clear progress in bilateral cooperation.

“The results achieved within our strategic partnership unequivocally reflect the effectiveness and scale of our cooperation,” Kavelashvili said, underscoring that political, economic, and people-to-people ties between the two neighbors continued to grow despite global and regional challenges.

He described the Armenia-Georgia relationship as “exemplary,” rooted not only in geography but in shared values such as sovereignty, national identity, and cultural heritage. Kavelashvili also thanked Armenia for its “firm support” of Georgia’s territorial integrity, calling it a “principled and vital stance.”

Addressing regional dynamics, the Georgian President welcomed the 8 August peace agreement reached in Washington between Armenia and Azerbaijan, describing it as a “significant step toward sustainable peace and long-term development in the South Caucasus.” He reaffirmed Georgia’s readiness to contribute to regional stability, noting that maintaining peace had become “increasingly important in today’s rapidly changing geopolitical environment.”

Following the ceremony, the two presidents held bilateral and expanded-format talks covering political, economic, cultural, and educational cooperation, as well as plans to further deepen partnership. Delegations from both sides included senior government officials, ministers, and parliamentary representatives.