Atlantic Council: Georgia seeks to attract US businesses
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Georgia’s favourable investment climate, it growing economy and recently implemented reforms are making it easier for foreign investors to do business in Georgia, says the country’s Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze.
The plethora of business benefits now available in Georgia, and particularly the Georgian Government’s decision to award a multi-billion dollar contract to a United States (US)-based company as well as a new economic development plan, are enhancing Georgia-US relations and attracting more US firms to Georgia.
In Washington D.C. yesterday during his official US visit Foreign Minister Janelidze spoke to a journalist from the New Atlanticist, a public policy blog from the Atlantic Council. The blog seeks to provide expert analysis to readers all over the world about the most pressing issues facing the transatlantic community.
Janelidze said the recent decision to award a US firm with the $2.5 billion contract to build and develop the Deep Sea Anaklia Port could encourage other US companies to invest in Georgia.
We are making sure, at Government level, that we facilitate this business-to-business interaction between the United States and Georgia,” he said in the interview.
The Minister, who completed his five-day American business trip today, also spoke about Georgia’s reform agenda, international recognition of Georgian reforms and gas and energy related topics in the interview.
He added Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili will visit the US in the coming months to attend a series of events Janelidze described as an "investment roadshow”.
See the full interview here.
- The Washington-based Atlantic Council is a think tank that focuses on international affairs. Founded in 1961, the Council provides a forum for international political, business and intellectual leaders.
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