Georgian FM says country gaining “crucial” role in green, renewable energy production
The project will bring Georgia "even closer" to the EU and give the country a “greater chance” to play the role of a "regional leader", he added, noting the development would benefit his Government’s "main foreign policy priority" of EU integration. Photo: Ilia Darchiashvili/Facebook
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Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Saturday said the country was becoming “one of the crucial” states in production of green and renewable energy.
In comments to the media following the signing of a deal on strategic green energy development partnership between Georgia, Azerbaijan, Romania and Hungary in Bucharest earlier today, Darchiashvili called the agreement "very important", stressing Georgia would play an "active and important" role in the project.
The FM highlighted both the fact of two European Union member states becoming signatories of the agreement, and the presence of Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission President, at the signing as “particularly important”.
The project will bring Georgia "even closer" to the EU and give the country a “greater chance” to play the role of a "regional leader", he added, noting the development would benefit his Government’s "main foreign policy priority" of EU integration.
Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Policy, on Saturday welcomed the signing of the Agreement on Strategic Partnership in the field of Green Energy Development and Transmission between the Governments of Georgia, Azerbaijan, Romania and Hungary.
The Black Sea strategic submarine electricity cable between Georgia and the European Union will be a “window of new opportunities”, which will turn the country into an electricity hub and improve the internal energy market, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday at the signing ceremony of the Agreement on Strategic Partnership in the field of Green Energy Development and Transmission between Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Hungary.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Saturday said strengthening the interconnections and energy transit capabilities of the region was of strategic importance for the Government, at the plenary session on Strategic Partnership Agreement for Green Energy Development and Transmission.
The Black Sea submarine electricity cable is a strategic project of the 21st century, which will change Georgia’s role in the Black Sea region and the international area and will make the country’s energy sector “even more attractive” for investors, Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili told the media on Saturday.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Saturday welcomed the signing of the agreement on a strategic green energy development partnership between Georgia, Azerbaijan, Romania and Hungary, calling it “a major historical step”.
The high officials of Georgia, Azerbaijan, Romania and Hungary on Saturday signed an Agreement on the Black Sea Submarine Electricity Cable project in Bucharest, to export green energy to Europe via Georgia.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Romeo Mikautadze and Kadri Simson, the European Commissioner for Energy Affairs, discussed projects between the country and the European Union, as well as the convergence of the Georgian legislation with the European law, at the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community last week.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Tuesday said the recently signed Black Sea Submarine Cable project would help Georgia become an “important contributor” of the European Union in economy and energy sectors.
Romeo Mikautadze, Georgia’s Deputy Minister for Economy and Sustainable Development, on Friday said the country’s domestic electricity production had hit 13 billion kWh this year, a “record-high figure” as well as a 15 percent increase on 2021 figures.
The European Union “strongly supports” the Black Sea submarine cable project, a new transmission route to deliver green energy from Azerbaijan to Europe, and hopes the South Caucasus will become a “very important” source of energy for Europe, Paweł Herczyński, the Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia, said on Thursday.