Georgia and Belarus in search of new promising fields for further cooperation

Georgia and Belarus are praising the increasing commercial-economic relations between the two nations and are setting goals to further boost cooperation in various fields of economy.

Transport and logistics, innovations, agriculture and developing joint industrial enterprises in Georgia are some of the major areas in which both countries see the possibility of bringing the current level of cooperation to new levels.

Georgia’s Economy Minister Dimitry Kumsishvili and the Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov met in Belarus today to discuss these issues.

Kumsishvili appreciated the growing economic cooperation between Georgia and Belarus within the formats of the intergovernmental economic commission and the commercial-economic inter-agency working group.

The statistics also show that Georgia and Belarus have been deepening cooperation in various areas. For example, last year, cargo turnover increased by 24 percent between the two countries and export increased by 50 percent compared to the previous year.

Also, last year the number of Belarusian travelers visiting Georgia increased by 28 percent compared to the previous year.

However, the ministers said there was even more potential to develop cooperation between Georgia and Belarus.

At the meeting Kumsishvili thanked Kobyakov for Belarus’s assistance in fire liquidation works in Borjomi Gorge in August of 2017. Kumsishvili awarded the Minister of Emergency Situations of Belarus Vladimir Vashchenko with a first decree medal for "Special Merits” and 10 rescuers with different medals yesterday.

It was announced that in March of this year the President of Belarus will visit Georgia. The visit will also aim at the development of deeper cooperation between Georgia and Belarus.