Georgian-Polish relations - diplomatic contacts between Georgia and Poland began in the 15th century. Bilateral relations between modern entities were established on April 28, 1992 .
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History of Georgian-Polish Relations
In 1495, King Kartli Constantine II, seeking support against the Turks, sent an embassy to the west. The ultimate goal of the mission was the courts of the pope and the Spanish kings Ferdinand and Isabella. On the way, diplomats visited the royal courts of Lithuania and Poland where the brothers Alexander and Jan Jagiellon ruled. The ambassadors also tried to persuade them with problems with Turkish expansion [1] .
In the 17th century, active trade and diplomatic correspondence took place between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the West Georgian principalities [1] .
Bilateral Relations
In 1997, the Republic of Poland opened an embassy in Tbilisi . In 2001, the Georgian Embassy in Germany was concurrently accredited in Poland. Since 2005, the Georgian Embassy has been operating in Warsaw .
Since June 3, 2013, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland to Georgia has been Andrzej Cheiskovsky, and in April 2011 Nikoloz Nikolozishvili was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Poland.
On May 30, 2017 , during the visit of Polish President Andrzej Dud to Tbilisi, where he met with Georgian leader Georgy Margvelashvili , a joint declaration was signed, according to which the Polish side expressed its support for Georgia’s desire to join the European Union and NATO [2] . The document also spoke of the creation of a joint commission of historians who would prepare both countries to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the relationship.
In December 2017, Georgia and Poland signed a strategic cooperation agreement [3] .
On November 5, 2018, the head of the Georgian parliament, Irakli Kobakhidze, and Marshal of the Polish Sejm Marek Kukhtsinsky, who is on an official visit to Tbilisi, signed the charter of the Parliamentary Assembly of the two countries [4] .
Poland's 2008 position
During the Georgian invasion [ neutrality? ] to South Ossetia , Poland took the side of Georgia, condemning Russia 's response to the killings of Russian peacekeepers. The then Polish president, Lech Kaczynski, said [5] :
Today, Georgia, tomorrow - Ukraine, the day after tomorrow - the Baltic countries, and after it comes the turn and my country - Poland.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Little-known pages in the history of Georgian-Baltic relations (X-XVIII centuries
- ↑ Andrzej Duda: Georgia and Poland will hold a business forum - News-Georgia , 05/30/2017
- ↑ Georgia and Poland signed a strategic cooperation agreement - ge.utro.news , 12/18/2017
- ↑ The parliaments of Georgia and Poland create a joint Assembly
- ↑ Poland and Georgia - 100 years of common history