Georgia’s Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili, visited Israel to increase economic cooperation between the two countries. He said “the bond between the Georgian and Jewish people goes back 2,600 years, when the Jewish people first came to Georgia after the destruction of the First Temple.”
http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/01/28/israeli-president-georgian-prime-minister-tout-2600-years-of-friendship/