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MES 8 19 00285149
07/03/2019
To the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Estonia
Mr. Indrek Saar
Dear Colleague,
In my capacity as a Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, let me present my
sincere compliments to you personally and your institution. We are grateful for your support and
appreciate the role and importance of cooperation between our countries.
Culture is one of the key directions in the process of Georgia’s economic and social development and
integration within the European common space, providing the country an opportunity to
demonstrate its values in common European cultural area. For the promotion of common European
values, it is no less important to promote the European cultural diversity in Georgia. Promotion of
European countries in the framework of diverse cultural programs will give Georgia unique
opportunity to share European culture as well as to introduce its centuries-old traditions and the
current image of our country to the European Culture.
It’s noteworthy that in 2019 we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Council of Europe and Georgia’s
20 years of membership, 10th anniversary of Eastern Partnership, 70th anniversary of NATO and 100
years of Georgian Parliamentarism in addition to Georgia’s chairmanship of the Council of Europe for
2019-2020 period.
In this respect, we have the honor to inform you that within the framework of the large scale
project/campaign "European Cultural Days", a high-level cultural forum will be organized with
participation of leading Georgian and international politicians, artists, experts, scientific and cultural
policy representatives. The preliminary topics presented and discussed during the forum are: culture
as a main tool for state development and its influence on society; role of cultural diplomacy in people
to people dialogue and in foreign policy; culture as an important driver for economic and social
development.
Therefore, it is our great pleasure to invite you and/or your representative on 6-7 May, 2019 to
participate in at Cultural Forum within the frames of the “European Cultural Days” opening
ceremony in Tbilisi. The detailed program and information on arrangements will be provided later.
We look forward to your visit in Georgia. In this respect, we would highly appreciate if you could
confirm the presence of your delegation as soon as possible.
For any additional questions or further information, the contact persons from our Ministry will be
Ms. Irine Saganelidze – Head of International Programs and Popularization Division (Cell: +995 599
10 04 21; E-mail:
[email protected]) and Mr. George Aptsiauri – Senior Specialist of the
International Programs and Popularization Division (Cell: +995 595 55 81 86;
[email protected]).
Once again, I use this opportunity to renew the assurances of my highest consideration.
Sincerely,
Minister
Mikheil Batiashvili