Georgian PM to feature at Global Gateway Forum in Brussels
The Forum will discuss a European strategy aimed at improving secure connections in the digital, energy and transport sectors, as well as strengthening health, education and research systems around the world. Photo: Government Administration
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday left for Brussels to participate in the Global Gateway Forum organised by the European Commission, the Government Administration said.
Garibashvili will be the main speaker at a working panel held within the framework of the Forum. The Georgian official was invited to the event by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
The Forum will discuss a European strategy aimed at improving secure connections in the digital, energy and transport sectors, as well as strengthening health, education and research systems around the world.
It complies with the United Nations 2030 agenda, sustainable development goals and the Paris Climate Agreement, and its goal is to mobilise up to €300 billion of investments to fund priority areas.
Three wind and five hydroelectric powerplants are planned to be built in Samtskhe-Javakheti, Kakheti, Shida Kartli and Imereti regions of Georgia, the Administration of the Government of Georgia said on Monday. The total installed capacity of energy projects, presented at today’s Government meeting, is over 250 megawatts of installed capacity, and will total $400 million in investments.
The strategic cooperation between Georgia and the United States and prospects for its strengthening and expansion were discussed on Monday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Robin Dunnigan, the newly appointed Ambassador of the US to the country.
A Government meeting chaired by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday discussed the first auction of electricity production capacity initiated by the Ministry of Economy.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday announced that the government would present the vision of energy development to society and business “in just a few weeks”, no later than November and would begin its implementation in the “near future”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili will be a “keynote speaker” at the Global Gateway Forum hosted by Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission President, in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday, Georgia’s EU Ambassador Vakhtang Makharoblishvili said on Tuesday.
Georgia's progress on the European Union accession path and implementation of the bloc’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday said the country’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili had a “very in-depth” conversation with Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, earlier today, discussing Georgia’s EU integration.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Wednesday highlighted Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s participation in the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels, by saying the Government head would present “the vision of Georgia, how we see the development of important infrastructure projects in the future”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday featured in the opening of the Global Gateway Forum organised by the European Commission in Brussels, the Government Administration said.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will on Thursday feature in a conference on European Union enlargement hosted in Germany’s capital city of Berlin.