Georgian PM, Kazakh Investment Minister meet in Tbilisi
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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.
The parties praised the existing trade-economic relations between the two countries and expressed their readiness to further intensify cooperation in these fields.
The pair also reviewed the ongoing infrastructure projects in Georgia and the economic environment in the region.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Kazakh Minister of Investment and Development Zhenis Kassymbek meet in Tbilisi. Photo: PM's press office.
Kvirikashvili and Kassymbek talked about possible intensification of cooperation in the field of railway and transportation.
Kvirikashvili said that Kazakhstan is an important partner to Georgia.
Kassymbek said he desired for Kazakh companies to get engaged in the ongoing infrastructural projects in Georgia.
The pair also discussed regional infrastructural projects and their cooperation within the New Silk Road project.
Kvirikashvili invited the Kazakh delegation to participate in the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum this November.
A Georgian consulate has been opened in Kazakhstan, accompanied by a Georgia-Kazakhstan business forum.
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 Finance Minister Dimitry Kumsishvili is paying an official visit to Almaty, Kazakhstan, where he is participating in the OECD Eurasia Week 2017 forum.