Kobakhidze Meets Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister

2026-03-16 - 10:26

Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze met with Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Shuleiko, the Georgian government said on March 16. The one-on-one meeting, held at the Georgian government administration, focused on bilateral relations and “prospects for cooperation,” according to a Georgian press release. The sides reviewed cooperation in the trade and economic spheres, placing particular emphasis on “Georgia’s role as a safe country in terms of creating a stable, predictable and investor-friendly environment,” the press release said. “The importance of holding the 7th Session of the Georgia-Belarus Intergovernmental Economic Commission was also highlighted, as an important platform for discussing key economic issues between the two countries,” the press release added, further noting that the two officials also discussed “positive dynamics” in the tourism sector and the “growing number of Belarusian tourists visiting Georgia.” The meeting comes against the backdrop of the Georgian Dream government’s continued isolation from the country’s traditional Western partners amid what is seen as its anti-European and anti-democratic turn. It also follows several meetings between Georgian Dream and Belarusian officials in recent months. In October 2025, Irakli Kobakhidze met with the Belarusian Ambassador to Georgia, Nikolai Rogashchuk. In September, GD Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili and her Belarusian counterpart Maxim Ryzhenkov met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Also Read: 09/10/2025 – Lukashenko Congratulates Georgian Dream on October 4 Local Elections 11/03/2025 – Lukashenka: “We Support Georgia’s Steps to Defend its Statehood and Sovereignty” 26/12/2024 – Did the Georgian Police Get a Hand from Belarus? 28/09/2022 – Belarussian Leader Visits Abkhazia 07/02/2022 – Lukashenko on Possible Abkhazia, S. Ossetia Recognition