Türkiye's ambassador meets Akhmeta mayor and visits TİKA-built kindergarten

Türkiye's ambassador to Georgia, Mustafa Türker Arı, discussed cooperation opportunities with Akhmeta Mayor Aleksi Pitskhelauri during a visit to Akhmeta Municipality and visited a kindergarten in the village of Duisi built by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) in 2022.

Türkiye's ambassador to Georgia, Mustafa Türker Arı, visited Akhmeta Municipality in the east of the country on November 3. He met with municipal head Aleksi Pitskhelauri at the Akhmeta municipal government building.

The Turkish Embassy in Tbilisi said the two sides discussed potential areas of cooperation in the region. Photos show the ambassador and mayor talking in the municipal head's office and then posing outside the building that houses Akhmeta's municipal government and council, known as the sakrebulo.

Kindergarten built by TİKA

That same day, Arı visited the village of Duisi, where the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) built a kindergarten in 2022. The ambassador toured the building and posed with staff at the entrance beside a commemorative plaque bearing the flags of Georgia and Türkiye.

Посол Турции Мустафа Тюркер Ары с сотрудниками детского сада в Дуиси

The kindergarten's playrooms contain bright, house-shaped toy cabinets bearing TİKA emblems. Duisi is the largest village in the Pankisi Gorge, which lies within Akhmeta Municipality in the Kakheti region.

Photo: Turkish Embassy in Tbilisi