​External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar paid an official visit to Georgia on Saturday (July 10) at the invitation of the Vice Prime Minister & Foreign Minister of Georgia H.E. Mr. David Zalkaliani. This will be the first visit of an Indian External Affairs Minister to independent Georgia. In his two-day visit to Georgia, he met representatives of the Indian community from the country's Tsnori, Khaketi.

It was on Friday that the foreign affairs minister arrived in the country on a two-day visit on the invitation of his Georgian counterpart David Zalkaliani. The External Affairs Minister made a tweet:  "As I begin the day, nice to meet Indian Community representatives from Tsnori, Khaketi. Their hard work in the agriculture sector has earned a good name, enterprising Indians is our global bridge."

On Friday, Shri S Jaishankar handed over to his Georgian counterpart, a holy relic of Ketevan the Martyr, a 17th-century queen of Kakheti region revered as a saint by the Georgian orthodox church, that was found in India. After the handing over of the relic placed inside an ornate wooden box a religious ceremony was held attended by Patriarch Ilia II, the spiritual leader of the Georgian orthodox church, and Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.

"Warmly welcomed in Tbilisi by FM David Zalkaliani. blessed to hand over the holy relics of St. Queen Ketevan to the people of Georgia. An emotional moment" Jaishankar said in an earlier tweet. Zalkaliani said that Jaishankar's visit will play a huge role in strengthening ties and taking relations of both countries to a completely new level.

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