New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar On Saturday, Georgian companies were invited to invest in India as he met the country’s top leadership, including PM Irakli Garibashvili, during his first visit to the country, in what also served as a rare message to India’s longtime ally Russia. is seen.
Jaishankar, who arrived in Tbilisi after a three-day visit to Moscow, chose a particularly emotional moment for Georgia and possibly a pivotal moment for bilateral ties. He handed over a relic of St. Queen Ketevan to the government in a ceremony.
But given the hostile relations between Georgia and Russia, the visit’s political signal should also not be overlooked. In April, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Pakistan for the first time since India, introducing a hyphen to bilateral ties that did not go down well in New Delhi.
After 26 years of searching, Archaeological Survey of India In 2016, the remains of Queen Ketevan were identified in a destroyed church in Goa. An official statement said the queen’s remains were found in “St Petersburg” in 2005. Augustine’s Convent in Old Goa, India… He is believed to have been brought to Goa in 1627 and interred in the St. Augustine Complex. Georgia is asking for the remains to be placed there permanently. Following the visit in 2017-2018, India acceded to repeated requests to give a part of Georgia’s relics.
India does not yet have a mission in Tbilisi which is serviced by India’s mission in Yerevan, Armenia. That’s why Jaishankar’s two-day visit to the country at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and West Asia is even more significant.
Jaishankar indicated that India is ready to do more in terms of investing in Georgia, which ranks high on the ease of doing business index. Georgia has also applied for ME Membership, which, if accepted, would give India another gateway to Europe and a foothold in the Caucasus.
Jaishankar, who arrived in Tbilisi after a three-day visit to Moscow, chose a particularly emotional moment for Georgia and possibly a pivotal moment for bilateral ties. He handed over a relic of St. Queen Ketevan to the government in a ceremony.
But given the hostile relations between Georgia and Russia, the visit’s political signal should also not be overlooked. In April, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Pakistan for the first time since India, introducing a hyphen to bilateral ties that did not go down well in New Delhi.
After 26 years of searching, Archaeological Survey of India In 2016, the remains of Queen Ketevan were identified in a destroyed church in Goa. An official statement said the queen’s remains were found in “St Petersburg” in 2005. Augustine’s Convent in Old Goa, India… He is believed to have been brought to Goa in 1627 and interred in the St. Augustine Complex. Georgia is asking for the remains to be placed there permanently. Following the visit in 2017-2018, India acceded to repeated requests to give a part of Georgia’s relics.
India does not yet have a mission in Tbilisi which is serviced by India’s mission in Yerevan, Armenia. That’s why Jaishankar’s two-day visit to the country at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and West Asia is even more significant.
Jaishankar indicated that India is ready to do more in terms of investing in Georgia, which ranks high on the ease of doing business index. Georgia has also applied for ME Membership, which, if accepted, would give India another gateway to Europe and a foothold in the Caucasus.
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