Published January 26,2024
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Türkiye and Georgia on Friday signed a cultural cooperation program for the years 2024-2028 in Istanbul.
The program was signed by Türkiye’s Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Ersoy and Georgia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture, Sport and Youth Thea Tsulukiani on the Atatürk Cultural Center in Istanbul.
Speaking on the signing ceremony, Mehmet Ersoy mentioned he and his Georgian counterpart had a productive assembly the place they mentioned the relations between Ankara and Tbilisi.
Emphasizing the importance of the cultural and historic heritage shared by the 2 international locations, Ersoy mentioned: “We possess a common cultural and historical heritage with Georgia. Preserving, sustaining, and passing on these shared values to future generations is our mutual priority and goal.”
With the cultural cooperation program signed between the 2 international locations for the years 2024-2028, a working group will likely be shaped, and an motion plan will likely be ready for the preservation and restoration of the Ottoman and Georgian cultural heritage on the territories of each international locations, Ersoy mentioned.
For her half, Thea Tsulukiani thanked Türkiye for its work in defending and restoring shared cultural heritage.
“Our gratitude is endless. The development of cultural relations is our top priority. I believe that cultural relations will be further strengthened under the framework of the protocol we have signed. The budget allocated by Türkiye for these works is particularly praiseworthy,” Tsulukiani added.
Source: www.anews.com.tr