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New state commission to create economic development plan for Georgia

Everyone who is interested in the commission, representatives of the sectoral committee of the parliament or high-level experts are free to join, said PM Garibashvili. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 04 Mar 2021 - 11:51, Tbilisi,Georgia

A state commission will be set up to work on a long-term economic development plan, announces Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.

At today's government meeting we will approve the establishment of a state commission which will work on an economic development plan for the next three months and will present the first document at the end of May", Garibashvili said.

Everyone who is interested in the commission, representatives of the sectoral committee of the parliament or high-level experts are free to join, said Garibashvili.

He said that the goal is to create a specific long-term development plan for each sector of the Georgian economy.

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