It’s official now: Georgia takes over Host status for 2024 Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting
Georgia officially took over the status of the Host Country during today’s Business Session of the ADB Board of Governors, hosted as part of this year’s Annual Meeting in Incheon, South Korea. Photo: Ministry of Finance
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The 57th annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank will be held next year in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi, the Ministry of Finance announced on Thursday.
Georgia officially took over the status of the Host Country during today’s Business Session of the ADB Board of Governors, hosted as part of this year’s Annual Meeting in Incheon, South Korea.
Photo: Ministry of Finance
Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili, involved in the Meeting, welcomed the status for Georgia as an “important recognition” of projects and reforms the country has been implementing with the support of the ADB.
The Ministry of Finance also announced Khutsishvili would head the ADB Board of Directors over the next year.
A national stand promoted Georgia’s Host Country role in Incheon, with a culture event set to be held on Friday to mark the transfer of the status.
Tbilisi will host the 2024 ADB Annual Meeting between May 2-5.
Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili on Thursday highlighted the “strong economic” performance of Georgia and noted its double-digit growth over the past two years despite global challenges at a Business Session of the Asian Development Bank Board of Governors.
Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili on Monday met officials from the Asian Development Bank ahead of the ADB’s 56th annual meeting opening tomorrow in Incheon, Korea.
Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili will join finance ministers, central bank governors, and government officials from Asian Development Bank member countries in the Bank’s 56th annual meeting opening tomorrow in Incheon, Korea.
The annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) board of governors will be held in Georgia in 2024, announces Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili. As chairman of the board of governors of the ADB, Khutsishvili has opened the sessions as part of the 54th ADB annual meeting which was held virtually on 3-5 May 2021.
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Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili and South Korea's Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho on Thursday discussed possibilities of increasing investments from South Korea to Georgia and highlighted the importance of launching free trade and investment protection agreements between the countries.
ADB reveals theme of 2024 Annual Meeting in Georgia
Georgia’s hosting of next year’s Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank will run under the theme Bridge to the Future, as revealed at an event marking the transfer of the Host Country status from Korea to Georgia at this year’s gathering in Incheon, South Korea, on Friday.
Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili on Wednesday met Rachel Thompson, the Executive Director at the Asian Development Bank, to discuss cooperation between the Government and the institution, the Ministry of Finance said.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday discussed the Government's ongoing preparations for hosting the 57th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in Tbilisi in May.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday highlighted the “immense contribution” of the Asian Development Bank and the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Programme to “numerous” projects and events implemented in the country.
Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili and Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze on Friday discussed cooperation with the Asian Development Bank during a meeting with the Bank’s President Masatsugu Asakawa.
Georgia’s Municipal Development Fund has become the first institution to be granted the right to make state procurements for projects supported by the Asian Development Bank, the country’s Ministry of Infrastructure said on Wednesday.
Lasha Khutsishvili, the Georgian Finance Minister, on Thursday met Asel Djusupbekova, the Secretary of the Asian Development Bank, to review ongoing work for Tbilisi to host the annual meeting of the Bank in May.