Georgia to host inaugural investment forum of Eastern Partnership
Demonstrators hold the flags of Georgia and European Union during protest rallies in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Tweet 
Share
Georgia’s Black Sea town of Batumi will host the inaugural investment forum of the Eastern Partnership on July 11.
The event will bring together some 400 participants from the European Union and the six countries of the Eastern Partnership (Eap) - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
Prime Ministers of Georgia and Estonia Mamuka Bakhtadze and Juri Ratas will deliver opening remarks at the forum.
Hosted by Hilton hotel in Batumi, the international forum aims to attract more European investment to Georgia and other Eastern partner countries.
The participants will discuss a number of issues at three separate sessions, focusing on energy, infrastructure, agriculture and trade.
Watch the video below to find out more about Eastern Partnership:
The inaugural investment forum will be held along with an international conference in Batumi devoted to the 10th anniversary of Eastern Partnership.
Speaking of international importance of the upcoming conference, Irakli Chikovani, Strategic Communication Advisor to the PM Bakhtadze said Georgia is the leading EaP country.
Chikovani said the conference will set further ways for making Georgia “even more European country” ready for eventual EU membership
He said with its visa and free travel agreements with EU, Georgia has done a lot in the last ten years. Therefore, the relations between Georgia and the EU have never been so high.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has stayed Georgia needs more ambitious plans, like that of the Eastern Partnership 10 years ago. He also said the country is “ready to make large steps forward.”
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) ministerial, to mark the 19th anniversary of the format created to reinforce the political association and economic integration of six Eastern European countries into the EU, has been held today in Brussels earlier today.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze will visit Brussels next week to participate in events dedicated to the 10th Anniversary of the Eastern Partnership (EaP). On May 13-14, the European Union and its six Eastern partners - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine - will mark the EaP anniversary with a number of events.
Ten years have passed since the creation of the EU Eastern Partnership format, uniting six Eastern European countries: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine to support democracy, prosperity and stability in the region.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has held a meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek, who is currently on an official visit to Georgia. Minister Zalkaliani thanked the Czech Republic for steady support to Georgian Euro-Atlantic course and said the countries collaborate intensively in politics, culture and economy.
European Council President Donald Tusk has arrived in Georgia to participate in the international conference in the Black Sea town of Batumi, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative.
Georgian, Ukrainian and Moldovan foreign ministers have sent a joint letter to EU officials in which they requested deeper cooperation between their countries and the EU.