Presidential administration stresses importance of Pope's visit to Georgia

The visit of Pope Francis to Georgia, which will be held this autumn, will play an important role in raising the recognizability of the country, the presidential administration of Georgia reported.

"The Vatican plays an important role in international relations, since it is a state, relations with which are particularly important for us, in order to increase the recognizability of Georgia in the Catholic world," Sputnik Georgia quoted the presidential adviser for external relations, Tengiz Pkhaladze, as saying.