Georgian consulate opens in Kazakhstan amid Georgia-Kazakhstan business forum
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A Georgian consulate has been opened in Kazakhstan, accompanied by a Georgia-Kazakhstan business forum.
The event in the city of Karaganda was attended by the diplomatic corps accredited in Kazakhstan, local authorities, people from the public sector and more than 100 business people.
Welcome speeches were made by Georgia’s Ambassador to Kazakhstan Zurab Abashidze and Georgia’s Honorable Consul Zhanat Tusupbekov.
The event was attended by Georgian and foreign diplomats. Photo by the Foreign Ministry press office.
Representatives from Georgia’s Ministries of Economy and Energy briefed the attendees of the business forum about Georgia’s business regulations, an attractive investment climate and a liberal tax system, Georgia’s Foreign Ministry reported.
The audience also received information about Georgia’s cultural and historical sites, tourism development potential, democratic reforms and ethnographic issues.
Visitors could familiarize themselves with Georgian and Kazakhstan folklore and taste Georgian food and wine.
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Azerbaijan are joining forces to increase freight turnover, ensure uninterrupted traffic, transit of goods between member countries of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TMTM).
Georgia will play an important transit role connecting China, Turkey and Europe via the Trans-Caspian international transport route which runs through China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and then through Turkey and Ukraine to Europe.
Kazakh investors consider Adjara the most attractive place in Georgia to invest, reports local newspaper Kazpravda.
Georgia’s debt to Kazakhstan has decreased by about $3 million thanks to a new deal between the countries that changed outstanding debt terms.
Trade and economic relations between Georgia and Kazakhstan have been discussed as Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili received Kazakh Minister of Investment and Development Zhenis Kassymbek in Tbilisi today.
Georgia and Kazakhstan are taking another step to develop the so-called “middle corridor” at the 10th Session of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between Georgia and Kazakhstan.
Georgia and Kazakhstan will offer joint logistics projects to international companies, announces Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze while summarising yesterday’s meetings under his official visit to Kazakhstan.
Georgian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Zurab Abashidze has tested positive for the new coronavirus. The Georgian Foreign Ministry has confirmed the information earlier today, stating that Abashidze is currently undergoing treatment in Kazakhstan.