What results did Davos 2016 bring to Georgia?
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Global financial institutions will help Georgia fulfill its ambitious reform agenda.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili was promised the international support at Davos, Switzerland, where world leaders participated in the World Economic Forum.
Yesterday Kvirikashvili summed up the results of the event and said foreign financial institutions would help Georgia implement four of its biggest reforms:
- Tax liberalisation;
- Governance system reform;
- Infrastructural and regional development; and
- Educational reforms.
Rubbing shoulders with world leaders
During the past three days at Davos, Georgian Prime Minister met a number of world leaders, who confirmed their firm support to Georgia.
Kvirikashvili met the Dutch, Swiss and Kazakh Prime Ministers and Azerbaijani President. Also, bilateral meetings were held with presidents of the European Investment Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
Georgia’s Prime Minister met NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the pair discussed what steps Georgia needed to take to be properly recognised at the upcoming Warsaw Summit.
Kvirikashvili met former British Prime Minister Tony Blair too and the two sides agreed on cooperation through Georgia’s reform agenda.
Discussed good neighborly rltns&strategic cooperation w/ @presidentaz#wef#Davospic.twitter.com/4dPY1gZUEF
— Giorgi Kvirikashvili (@KvirikashviliGi) January 21, 2016
Summing up the bilateral meetings, Kvirikashvili stressed "a very friendly atmosphere” at the meeting with Azerbaijan’s President and said Ilhan Aliyev would soon visit Georgia.
Looking ahead, the Prime Minister said he expected 2016 would be "pretty good” economic year for Georgia.
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Intensifying bilateral relations in the political and economic spheres were major topics of the meeting.
An Emirati holding company based in Dubai plans to expand its investments in Georgia.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Mikheil Janelidze met his Austrian, Italian and Mongolian counterparts in Davos, Switzerland yesterday in the framework of the international conference, which is being attended by more than 2,000 political, business, cultural and civil society leaders.
Stoltenberg: “It was an excellent meeting with Georgia’s PM"
Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg have enjoyed a face-to-face meeting and discussed Georgia’s integration process into NATO in Davos, Switzerland.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has met president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Sir Suma Chakrabarti in Davos, Switzerland within the World Economic Forum.
Georgia "effectively” implements the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) operations, said the bank’s president Werner Hoyer while meeting Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikahsvili and the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikheil Janelidze attended a business lunch in Davos today related to the challenges currently facing the European Union (EU).
Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili is rubbing shoulders with world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Indian holding Tata Sons plans to expand its investments in Georgia. Company officials expressed interest in investing in Georgia’s hospitality industry.
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Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and a small Georgian delegation are set to travel to Davos, Switzerland today in order to participate in world economic forum and attend the 46th session.
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Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has received a letter of thanks from the executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, for participating in the World Economic Forum 2016 in Davos.