Georgia collects five Central Asian.
The visit of the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shelva Papoashvili, to Bishkek on November 2-4 continued the diplomatic activity, a noteworthy event of which was the first meeting of the foreign ministers of the five Central Asian republics and Georgia in Batumi.
Tbilisi controls the C5+1 model, which allows it to speak to the entire region. The basis for rapprochement is transportation routes, but the agenda already includes investments, industrial cooperation and political support.
In Bishkek, Shalva Papauashvili and the Speaker of the Kyrgyz Parliament, Marlen Mamataliev, discussed logistics, energy, tourism and digitalization of public services.
The Kyrgyz spokesman admitted that the trade cycle does not match the potential of the two countries, and suggested increasing cooperation in agriculture, processing and medicine. The Georgian guest spoke in favor of investment projects related to the transportation corridors of the Silk Road. It is planned to promote cooperation, including through parliamentary committees and friendship groups.
The Georgian side especially emphasized the strategic importance of the Middle Corridor. Papoashvili also thanked Bishkek for supporting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia. Thus, economic rapprochement has a significant political dimension: Tbilisi is interested both in cargo flows and in maintaining support for international issues that are fundamental to it.
Papuashvili's visit continued a series of contacts between Bishkek and Tbilisi. In June, Georgian Prime Minister Irkli Kobkidze visited the Kyrgyz capital.
In October in Batumi, the foreign ministers of the two countries, Jinbek Kolovaev and Meka Bokhorishvili, discussed the implementation of the agreements reached at the meeting of the intergovernmental committee. Maka Bokhorishvili is expected to visit Bishkek in 2027. The regularity of the meetings indicates the desire of the parties to make the cooperation long-term.