Russian visa center opens in Georgia’s capital

TBILISI, August 17. /TASS/. Russia’s visa center has opened in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi on Friday. Sources in the Russian Interests Section at the Swiss Embassy in Tbilisi said that the center will accept visa applications from citizens of Georgia and other countries, as well as from stateless persons. The center is opened to speed up the processing of documents for Georgian citizens wanting to travel to Russia.

The center’s personnel are authorized to accept and process visa applications from individuals and companies, submitting them for consideration to the Russian Interests Section. The center will operate Monday to Friday.

The Russian Visa Center has been opened at N4, Besiki Street in Tbilisi.

Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Davit Zalkaliani said that the opening of the Russian visa centre in Tbilisi has no link with diplomatic relations with Russia.

Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze said that the opening of Russian visa centre will create comfort for Georgian citizens and the government welcomes this fact.

The Georgian Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Relations with Russia, Zurab Abashidze said that the staff of the visa centre will help with the processing of Russian visas, but the decision on each applicant will still be made in the Interests Section of the Russian Federation.

“There are all the necessary conditions for filing applications here, we have 16 windows for receiving documents. After information is processed, the Center will send the documents to the Russian Interests Section at the Swiss Embassy in Tbilisi,” visa center staff told reporters.

The Russian Visa Center has been opened at N4, Besiki Street in Tbilisi.

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