Foreign relations of Georgia

• There are nearly 248,929 Armenians in Georgia, among them 90,373 living in Javakheti and 73,229 in Tbilisi.^[1] The Georgian minority in Armenia is less sizable.
• Armenia and Georgia have a long history of cultural and political relations. The interaction peaked in the Middle Ages when both nations engaged in prolific cultural dialogue and allied themselves against the neighboring Muslim empires. There were frequent intermarriages between Armenian and Georgian the royal and noble families and both ethnicities intermingled in several border areas.
• Historic Concern: Georgian Armenians say authorities out to rid country of Armenian traces

• There are 284,761 Azeris in Georgia. They are the largest minority of Georgia and comprise 6.5% of Georgia's population mostly in Kvemo Kartli, Kakheti, Shida Kartli and Mtskheta-Mtianeti. There is also a large Azeri community in the capital city of Tbilisi. The Georgian minority in Azerbaijan is less sizable.
• Azerbaijan has an embassy in Tbilisi.
• Georgia has an embassy in Baku.
• Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC).

On August 29, 2008, in the aftermath of the 2008 South Ossetia war, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze announced that Georgia had broken diplomatic relations with Russia. He also said that Russian diplomats must leave Georgia, and that no Georgian diplomat would remain in Russia, while only consular relations would be maintained. Russian foreign ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said that Russia regretted this step.^[2]

• Georgia has an embassy in Ankara and two consulates–general in Istanbul and Trabzon.^[3]
• Turkey has an embassy in Tbilisi and a consulate–general in Batumi.^[4]
• Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Black Sea Naval Co-operation Task Group (BLACKSEAFOR), the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Also Turkey is a member of NATO while Georgia is a candidate.
• Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Georgia

• Austria is represented in Georgia through a non resident ambassador based in Vienna, and through an honorary consulate in Tbilissi.
• Georgia has an embassy in Vienna and an honorary consulate in Graz.
• Austrian Foreign Ministry: list of bilateral treaties with Georgia (in German only)
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Austria

• Bulgaria recognized the independence of Georgie on January 15, 1992.
• Bulgaria has an embassy in Tbilissi.^[5]
• Georgia has an embassy in Sofia.^[6]
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relations with Bulgaria

• Germany recognized the independence of Georgia on March 22, 1992.
• Georgia has an embassy in Berlin.^[7]
• Germany has an embassy in Tbilissi.^[8]
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Germany
• German Federal Foreign Office about relations with Georgia

• Georgia has an embassy in Budapest.
• Hungary has an embassy and an honorary consulate in Tbilissi.^[9]
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Hungary

• Georgia has an embassy in Rome.
• Italy has an embassy in Tbilissi.
• Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.

• Georgia has an embassy in Riga.^[10]
• Latvia has an embassy and an honorary consulate in Tbilisi.
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Latvia
• Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Georgia

• Georgia has an embassy in Vilnius.^[11]
• Lithuania has an embassy in Tbilissi.^[12]
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Lithuania
• Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Poland (in Lithuanian only)

• Georgia is represented in Moldova through its embassy in Bucharest (Romania).
• Moldova is represented in Georgia through its embassy in Baku (Azerbaijan).
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Moldova

• Georgia has an embassy in Warsaw.
• Poland has an embassy in Tbilissi.

• Georgia has an embassy in Bucharest and Romania has an embassy in Tbilissi.
• Both countries are full members of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, the Black Sea Forum for Partnership and Dialogue, and the Community of Democratic Choice.
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relations with Romania

• Georgia does not have diplomatic representation in Serbia.
• Serbia is represented in Georgia through its embassy in Moscow (Russia).
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Serbia

• Both countries have a very close cooperation^{[neutrality disputed]} since the break away of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
• Georgia has an embassy in Stockholm.
• Sweden has an embassy in Tbilisi.
• After the war, when Abkhazia and South Ossetia broke away from Georgia, Georgia and Sweden both did not recognize the independence of both states. There were protests near the Russian embassy in Stockholm, as the war was going on August 12, 2008. The protests was held by a group of Georgians and Swedes.

• Switzerland maintained a consulate in Tbilisi between 1883 and 1922.
• Switzerland recognized Georgia as an independent state on December 23, 1991.
• In 1996, Switzerland opened a cooperation office in Tbilisi. Since June 2001, Switzerland has an embassy in Tbilissi.^[13]
• In 1997, Georgia’s Permanent Mission to the international organizations in Geneva was also accredited in Berne.
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relations with Switzerland
• Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs about the relations with Georgia

Relations between Georgia and Ukraine and between the Georgian and Ukrainian people in particular last from the Middle Ages.

• The United Kingdom has an embassy in Tbilissi.^[14]
• Georgia has an embassy in London.^[15]
• British Foreign and Commonwealth Office about the relations with Georgia
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relations with the United Kingdom

• Georgia has an honorary consulate in New Delhi.
• India is represented in Georgia through its embassy in Yerevan (Armenia) and an honorary consulate in Tbilissi.^[16]
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with India

• Persia and Georgia have had relations for thousands of years.

• Georgia has an embassy in Tel Aviv.
• Israel has an embassy in Tbilissi.
• There are 13,000 Jews living in Georgia.

• Since November 2006, Georgia has maintained an embassy in Tokyo.
• Japan is presently represented in Georgia through its embassy in Baku, (Azerbaijan). Japan however made plans to open an embassy in Tbilisi.
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relations with Japan
• Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relations with Georgia

• Georgia has an embassy in Astana and an honorary consulate in Almaty.
• Kazakhstan has an embassy in Tbilissi.
• Both countries are full members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Kazakhstan
• Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Georgia

• Georgia is represented in Malaysia through its embassy in Beijing (China).
• Malaysia is represented in Georgia through its embassy in Kiev (Ukraine).
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Malaysia

• People's Republic of China recognized the independence of Georgia on December 27, 1991.
• China has an embassy in Tbilisi.^[17]
• Georgia has an embassy in Beijing.
• Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relations with Georgia
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relations with China

• Egypt is represented in Georgia through its embassy in Yerevan (Armenia).
• Georgia has an embassy in Cairo.^[18]
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Egypt
• Georgian foreign minister visits Egypt

• Nicaraguan-Georgian diplomatic relations ended on November 29, 2008. The Georgian Foreign Ministry said that it had cut diplomatic ties with Nicaragua in a response to the latter’s recognition of independence of breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia.^[19]

• South Africa is represented in Georgia through its embassy in Kiev (Ukraine).
• Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relations with South Africa
• South African Department of Foreign Affairs about the relations with Georgia

On January 9, 2009, the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze signed a Charter on Strategic Partnership, a nonbinding document outlining areas of cooperation and reiterating the U.S. support for Georgia's territorial integrity and to Georgia's NATO membership.^[20]