The Lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe has been granted an Honorary Doctorate from the   "Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi" State University of Georgia.

During the ceremony, the rector Rusudan Lordkitanidzt praised the work by the Lehendakari both as a politician and an economist and highlighted the fact that the University has awarded him the highest honour for his contribution towards promoting values of democracy, peace and human rights. She said: "As from today, the Lehendakari is a full member of our university family." 

The rector also highlighted the projects of cooperation existing on a university level and in terms of innovation between Euskadi and Georgia and in particular between the Basque Public University and that of Tbilisi.

Full speech by the Lehendakari