Asian Development Bank Vice-President to Join Tbilisi Silk Road Forum
Roberta Casali, the Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank, will participate in the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum set to run in the Georgian capital between Thursday and Friday. Photo: Silk Road Forum
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Roberta Casali, the Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank, will participate in the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum set to run in the Georgian capital between Thursday and Friday.
Casali will deliver her speech at the Forum’s opening ceremony, hosted at Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre.
She will share a stage with the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov.
Up to 2,000 delegates from 60 countries from both governmental and private sectors will attend the Forum to discuss global economic challenges, ways to solve them, and aspects and perspectives of cooperation for connectivity.
The Ministry of Economy said 10 sessions would be hosted on the first day of the Forum, with day two used for discussion of Georgia's investment opportunities and B2B meetings.
Founded by Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, the first edition of the Forum was hosted in Tbilisi in 2015.
Kitack Lim, the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation, will feature in the fourth edition of the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum, an event set to host thousands of representatives from 60 countries between October 26-27, the Economy Ministry said on Friday.
The Georgian capital city of Tbilisi will host the fourth edition of the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum, an event set to host thousands of representatives from 60 countries between October 26-27 “at a high level”, the Ministry of Economy on Thursday said.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Genadi Arveladze on Friday opened an organisational centre to help organise the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum, an event set to host thousands of representatives from 60 countries later this month, “at a high level”.
Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is hosting the inaugural Silk Road Forum, which is being attended by around 1,000 honourable guests from all over the world and ancient Silk Road.
Charles J. Cormier, the Regional Director for Infrastructure for Europe and Central Asia at the World Bank, will feature in the fourth edition of the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum, set to run in the Georgian capital between Thursday and Friday.
Natia Turnava, the Acting Governor of the National Bank of Georgia, will participate in the fourth edition of the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum, set to run in the Georgian capital between Thursday and Friday.
Erin Elizabeth McKee, the United States Agency for International Development Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia, will head the US delegation at the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum, set to run in the Georgian capital between Thursday and Friday.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Wednesday said the country’s capital Tbilisi was “ready” to host the fourth edition of Tbilisi Silk Forum “with honour”.
Dritan Abazović, the Prime Minister of Montenegro, on Wednesday arrived in Georgia for featuring in the fourth edition of the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum, an event set to host thousands of representatives from 60 countries between Thursday and Friday.
The Tbilisi Silk Road Forum will strengthen regional cooperation, strengthen and improve investments, Roberta Casali, the Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank, said at the opening event of the fourth edition of the event on Thursday in Tbilisi.