President-elect Giorgi Margvelashvili spoke on phone with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who congratulated Margvelashvili on election victory, Georgian president-elect's press office said.

It said that the president-elect and PM Netanyahu, who invited Margvelashvili to visit Israel, have pledged to further boost bilateral ties.

On October 31, Margvelashvili plans a meeting with Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ze'ev Elkin, who is in Tbilisi for a regional forum of Israeli ambassadors.