India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will be in Georgia from 9th to 10th July, a significant visit as part of India's engagement with the Caucasus. This is the first visit by an Indian External Affairs Minister to Georgia since it gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The last time Indian EAM visited the country was Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited Georgia in June 1978 as External Affairs Minister. After that, Georgian Foreign Minister Irakli Menagarishvili and External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh had met in New Delhi on 11 May 2000. The Indian embassy in Armenia is concurrently accredited to Georgia while Georgia has an embassy in Delhi.

Source: dna July 08, 2021 16:41 UTC