"With your work and talent you are able to popularize Georgian culture better than any state officials. Today is the time for freedom and the freedom allows you to reveal your talent better. The success is yours, but it also belongs to your country,” - Zurabishvili told the individuals, including famous Georgian musicians, composers, doctors and others in Austria, who attended the meeting earlier today.

The meeting also touched upon  the encouragement and creation of new exchange programmes between Georgia and the EU member states as well as ensuring the support for Georgian students in their tuition fees in the EU.

President of the Republic of Austrian Alexander van der Bellen will meet with Zurabishvili later today.

Salome Zurabishvili will also open the Austria-Georgia business forum during the visit and meet with OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid. 

The Georgian president is scheduled to host a conference called Woman for Peace with a special exhibition on the first Nobel Peace Prize-winning woman Bertha von Suttner before she leaves Austria tomorrow.