Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia said Israel will likely be the first country with whom his nation will resume flights, Kan reported on Thursday.
Gakharia added that the tourism ministries in both nations are engaged in dialog to form an agreement which will allow Israelis who fly into the country not to be placed in quarantine.
Israel’s Tourism Ministry confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that such negotiations are taking place, "as part of the national effort to begin allowing the flights and tourism sector to operate again."
The ministry added that "this process is only beginning with no final end-dates."
Israeli media reported that various countries, among them Austria and Greece, are looking into the option of declaring some nations safe from coronavirus to allow tourists to travel back and forth, Israel is among such countries.