site.btaForeign Minister Milkov Receives Georgian Ambassador Liluashvili

Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Milkov received on Tuesday the Ambassador of Georgia to Bulgaria Tamuna Liluashvili on the occasion of the end of her term of office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Minister Milkov thanked Ambassador Liluashvili for the fruitful cooperation over the past four years. He noted that Bulgaria and Georgia have very good bilateral relations and underlined the intensive political dialogue and Bulgaria’s strong and consistent support for Georgia's European and Euro-Atlantic perspective. He also mentioned the security risks in the Black Sea region posed by Russia's war in Ukraine.

During the meeting, Milkov highlighted infrastructure connectivity between Europe and Asia as a priority area of economic cooperation, especially in the implementation of projects of common interest in the fields of energy, transport and communications.

Ambassador Liluashvili expressed her gratitude to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and said that she feels Bulgaria as her home.

The Bulgarian Foreign Minister renewed the invitation to Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili to pay an official visit to Bulgaria.