Georgian PM meets new EBRD Regional Director, discusses cooperation
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday met Alkis Vryenios Drakinos, the new Regional Director of the EBRD. Photo: PM's press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday met Alkis Vryenios Drakinos, the new Regional Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the Caucasus, in a discussion of the future cooperation between the country and the institution.
The Government Administration said Garibashvili highlighted the significance of the support demonstrated by the EBRD in financing “strategic directions” of the country’s economy.
At the meeting, Garibashvili mentioned Georgia was a “nation of European aspirations on its European road of economic transformation”, and said the role of EBRD was “vital” in the process.
Drakinos is due to assume his duties in Tbilisi on September 1, after the current Regional Director Catarina Bjorlin Hansen completes her term.
EBRD has invested almost €5 billion in Georgia through 286 projects.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the members of the board of directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Thursday discussed the successful cooperation and important ongoing projects in private and public sectors implemented with the support of the Bank.
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Ongoing and future projects financed by the EBRD in Georgia were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Jürgen Rigterink, the visiting First Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.