On 16 November 2023, at the Parliament of Australia, Ambassador Beka Dvali paid a courtesy call on Senator Raff Ciccone, Deputy Government Whip in the Senate, Chair of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Federal Labor Senator for the State of Victoria.
During 2023 November working visit to Melbourne, H.E. Mr. beka Dvali, Ambassador of and Mr. Vakhtang Makaridze, the Counsellor of the Embassy of Georgia held a meeting with Mr. Roger King and Mr. Krzsztof Derwinski representing Australian choirs wchich already for years have been performing Georgian polyphonic folk songs. These are “Melbourne Georgian Choir”, “Tsintskaro” and “Gorani”. During the interaction, various opportunities and concrete plans to promote further Georgian polyphony in Australia were discussed.
On 14 November 2023, H.E. Mr. Beka Dvali, Ambassador of Georgia to the Commonwealth of Australia and the Embassy Counsellor Mr. Vakhtang Makaridze visited the University of Melbourne and held a meeting with the representatives of the Faculty of Arts.
On 10 November 2023, Ambassador of Georgia to the commonwealth of Australia H.E. Mr. Beka Dvali paid respects by laying a wreath of flowers at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra to the Australians fallen in wars.
On 10 November 2023, prominent Australian Think Tank - Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) publication “The Strategist” featured article “The enduring impacts of Russia’s 2008 war on Georgia” by Beqa Bochorishvili, a research fellow at Geocase, a Georgia-based think tank.
On 18 October 2023, H.E. Mr. Beka Dvali, Ambassador of Georgia to the Commonwealth of Australia held a meeting with Senator Clair Chandler, Member of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee of the Parliament of Australia.
On 17 October 2023, the Embassy of Georgia in the Commonwealth of Australia hosted Australian students Ms. Arkie Addison and Ms. Erin Hayes, representing a Canberra-based Australian non-profit organization “Girls Run the World”. The organization helps young women leaders gain access to the diplomatic community and learn more about the world of politics and diplomacy.
On 15 October 2023, New Zealand herald published Trisha Torres article: “Georgia: The Rising Star in Travel Destinations”.
On 13 October 2023, at the Embassy of Georgia in Canberra, Ambassador Beka Dvali hosted Mr. Brendan Nicholson, Executive Editor of The Strategist, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).
On 10 October 2023, H.E. Mr. Beka Dvali, Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Fiji (with residence in Canberra), on the occasion of the Independence day of the Republic of Fiji, conveyed congratulatory messages from Georgia to Fiji.
2On 9 October 2023, H.E. Mr. Beka Dvali, Ambassador of Georgia to the Commonwealth of Australia attended online the Ancient World Seminar at the University of Melbourne and featuring lecture by scholar Abby Robinson on “Archaeological Survey in the borderlands of SW Georgia”.
On 5 October 2023, Ambassador Beka Dvali at the Embassy of Georgia in Canberra hosted Mr. John Teres, Founder and CEO of Australian Company “VenuBooka”.
