The visit of the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shelva Papoashvili to Bishkek on November 2-4 became the next step in the rapprochement between Tbilisi and Central Asia (c). The agenda includes the development of the Middle Corridor, economic ties and inter-parliamentary interaction. Georgia has also expressed interest in creating a parliamentary dialogue with all Central Asian countries. * The development of transportation routes becomes one of the practical areas of Georgian-Kyrgyz cooperation. During the negotiations with the Speaker of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan (KR) Marlen Mamataliev, Shalva Papuashvili discussed the development of cooperation in the field of trade, tourism and transport. The Georgian side separately emphasized the strategic importance of the Middle Corridor. In a meeting with the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadir Jafarov, the parties discussed the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway and the Anaklia deep water port. The discussion of these projects is related to the possibility of connecting the railway through Kyrgyzstan with trans-money routes leading through Georgia to the Black Sea. The parties also discussed inter-parliamentary diplomacy and the regional agenda. * Tbilisi wants to move from bilateral contacts to permanent dialogue with the entire region. Papoushvili's visit was a continuation of a series of contacts in 2026: consultations between foreign ministries in January, a meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for Economic Cooperation in June and the first joint meeting of the foreign ministers of Georgia and Central Asian countries in Batumi in October. Now Georgia proposes to expand the format to the parliamentary level. Papauashvili expressed interest in a dialogue with the participation of parliaments and speakers of Central Asian countries. This format can provide Tbilisi with an additional tool for discussing issues on the regional agenda at the multilateral level. * Georgia uses transit infrastructure development as one of the reasons for expanding political dialogue with Central Asian countries.

The visit of the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shelva Papoashvili to Bishkek on November 2-4 became the next step in the rapprochement between Tbilisi and Central Asia (c). The agenda includes the development of the Middle Corridor, economic ties and inter-parliamentary interaction. Georgia has also expressed interest in creating a parliamentary dialogue with all Central Asian countries. * The development of transportation routes becomes one of the practical areas of Georgian-Kyrgyz cooperation. During the negotiations with the Speaker of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan (KR) Marlen Mamataliev, Shalva Papuashvili discussed the development of cooperation in the field of trade, tourism and transport. The Georgian side separately emphasized the strategic importance of the Middle Corridor. In a meeting with the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadir Jafarov, the parties discussed the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway and the Anaklia deep water port. The discussion of these projects is related to the possibility of connecting the railway through Kyrgyzstan with trans-money routes leading through Georgia to the Black Sea. The parties also discussed inter-parliamentary diplomacy and the regional agenda. * Tbilisi wants to move from bilateral contacts to permanent dialogue with the entire region. Papoushvili's visit was a continuation of a series of contacts in 2026: consultations between foreign ministries in January, a meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for Economic Cooperation in June and the first joint meeting of the foreign ministers of Georgia and Central Asian countries in Batumi in October. Now Georgia proposes to expand the format to the parliamentary level. Papauashvili expressed interest in a dialogue with the participation of parliaments and speakers of Central Asian countries. This format can provide Tbilisi with an additional tool for discussing issues on the regional agenda at the multilateral level. * Georgia uses transit infrastructure development as one of the reasons for expanding political dialogue with Central Asian countries.