Zurabishvili: Peace in our region is what we need for the economic  development and stability of Armenia and Georgia

ArmInfo.Peace in our region is what we need for the economic development and stability of Armenia and Georgia. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili wrote about this in her microblog on Twitter, after the ceremony of welcoming  President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan, who today left for Tbilisi  on an official visit.

"Our region faces new challenges, but also new opportunities,"  Zurabishvili added.  The official welcoming ceremony for the  President of Armenia was held near the residence of the President of  Georgia at the Orbeliani Palace.

The national anthems of the Republic of Armenia and Georgia were  played, the presidents honored the state flag of Georgia and  introduced state delegations to each other.

"I am convinced that, as presidents of countries with good neighborly  relations, we can make a significant contribution to the  strengthening and deepening of bilateral relations for the benefit of  our countries," the Armenian President wrote in the book of honored  guests of the Orbeliani Palace.

Within the framework of the official visit, the Presidents of Armenia  and Georgia held meetings on face-to- face and in an expanded format,  after which Vahagn Khachaturyan and Salome Zurabishvili made joint  statements for the media.

Khachaturian during the briefing noted that Armenia attaches great  importance to the development of relations with neighboring Georgia.  According to him, the intensity of high-level meetings indicates the  fulfillment of bilateral obligations to further expand mutually  beneficial cooperation in all areas. "Today, Mrs. President and I  discussed a number of issues in a short period of time - transport,  communications, humanitarian issues. We reaffirmed our commitment to  maintaining a high level of multilateral relations and talked about  deepening cooperation in the field of high technologies, which will  be very important for our countries and will allow us to achieve  success in the region. It is also important that neighboring  countries share their experience. I think that the different paths we  have chosen will give us the opportunity to deepen our relations, as  well as talk about security, regional problems. I want to emphasize  that in such issues as regional and peaceful ones, everything is  based on our friendship. I wish success to all our undertakings,"  Vahagn Khachaturyan said, Georgian First Channel reports.  Within the  framework of the official visit, the President of the Republic of  Armenia will also hold meetings with the Prime Minister of Georgia  and the Chairman of the Parliament.