Georgian environment minister to meet Azeri officials

Georgian Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources David Teshiashvili has arrived in Azerbaijan to discuss prospects for cooperation and ways of solving environmental problems in the two countries.

“I have started my first foreign official visit with Azerbaijan,” he told journalists.

The Georgian official said cooperation in the field of ecology and preventing the pollution of the Kur River would be in focus during his meetings.

Teshiashvili will meet with his Azerbaijani counterpart Huseyn Baghirov and Prime Minister Artur Rasizada. President Ilham Aliyev is also expected to receive the Georgian minister.*