Saudi Arabia to Open Embassy in Georgia

Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reports that after the meeting of Georgian Ambassador Giorgi Janjgava with the representatives of the Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry, it was decided that the Embassy of Saudi Arabia will be opened in Tbilisi.

"Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to open an Embassy in Tbilisi in May in order to promote relations between the two countries," the official note of the Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry reads.

Georgian MFA reports that development of mutual ties with Saudi Arabia is very important for Georgia.

“For this purpose, in January 2015, the Embassy of Georgia opened its embassy in Riyadh, which greatly contributed to the development of bilateral and multilateral relations between the two countries in various spheres, including political, military, trade-economic, investment and tourism spheres,” the statement of the Georgian MFA reads.

The ministry noted that the amount of direct savings investments from Saudi Arabia in Georgia exceeded $100 million, adding that in 2017 alone, 60 thousand Saudi Arabian citizens visited Georgia.

The MFA says that Saudi Arabia's national airline Flynas entering on the Georgian market will further increase the number of Saudi Arabian visitors to Georgia, adding the airlines will launch regular flights from June.

By Thea Morrison