President says she hadn’t been informed on Azerbaijani president’s visit

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said on Monday that she had not been informed over the recent visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to Georgia, who paid an official visit to Georgia on Monday, the second visit since 2015. 

 

“Due to the importance of the topic, the administration of the President of Georgia considers it appropriate to inform the public that the President was not informed about the working visit of the President of our neighboring and friendly country, Mr. Ilham Aliyev to Georgia”.

 

“Despite the desire and readiness of the president of Georgia, unfortunately, the meeting between the presidents, which is traditionally held during the visit of all heads of state to the country, could not take place”, said the president’s press office.

 

In the final note, the administration stated that the “President of Georgia once again expresses her readiness and desire to host the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan with an official visit in the near future”. 

 

Aliyev left Georgia the same evening, after meeting with Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.