PM highlights importance of strategic partnership with China for Georgia's economic stability
In his address to the fourth edition of the Forum, Garibashvili highlighted the “key role” of the strategic partnership between the two countries as a “bridge” between Asia and Europe. Photo: Government Administration
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday told the opening event of the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum the strategic partnership with China was “important” for Georgia's economic stability.
In his address to the fourth edition of the Forum, Garibashvili highlighted the “key role” of the strategic partnership between the two countries as a “bridge” between Asia and Europe.
Recently, Georgia and China elevated ties to the strategic partnership level, which boosts our role as a link between the continents, fostering greater connectivity and economic collaboration. Our Strategic Partnership with China is important for Georgia’s economic development and stability, and its key role as a bridge between Asia and Europe", Garibashvili told the audience.
The Government head also added the country’s strategic location was “pivotal” for Asian businesses and investors.
Georgia offers access to the European market while simultaneously providing a platform for broadening their customer bases in our neighbourhood”, he noted.
Garibashvili said Georgia served eight landlocked countries as a gateway between Europe and Asia.
For European businesses, Georgia offers entry not only to the South Caucasus, but also to Central Asia and China. As Europe’s overland entry/exit point to Asia for trade, commerce and energy, we offer international firms a competitive environment that will reduce their operational costs", he said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping late July announced the establishment of the strategic partnership with Georgia and a “new stage” in bilateral ties between the two countries in his meeting with Garibashvili on the sidelines of the Summer World University Games in Chengdu.
The importance of “further deepening” the existing relations between Georgia and Montenegro was discussed on Thursday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his Montenegrin counterpart Dritan Abazović.
Dritan Abazović, the Prime Minister of Montenegro, on Thursday pledged his Government's support for Georgia’s European Union integration at the ongoing Tbilisi Silk Road Forum, which he opened with his Georgian, Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts and the Vice President of the Asian Development Bank.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said his country attached “great importance” to strategic partnership and friendship with China, which he said was based on mutual respect and a vision of “common prosperity and sustainable development”.
Georgian and Chinese Governments on Monday shared their “commitment” to expand cooperation in political, economic and cultural fields, strengthen collaboration in international affairs and bilateral relations, and safeguard regional and world peace, stability and development together in a joint statement on establishing a strategic partnership.
Irakli Chikovani, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday said the decision to raise Georgia-China cooperation to a “strategic partnership” would provide for more opportunities to develop trade and economic relations between the two states.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday highlighted the "importance of friendship and partnership" with China in a meeting with the Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday said Georgia – positioned as a “natural” bridge at the crossroads of Europe and Asia – was transforming into a multi-dimensional regional hub, while his Government had invested “significantly” in modernising infrastructure, enhancing connectivity and fostering “efficient” trade routes.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday hosted heads of delegations participating in the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum at a gala dinner, the Government Administration said.
Georgian Vice Prime Minister Levan Davitashvili on Tuesday rejected “baseless” media reports as though he had had “personal communication” with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum in China earlier this month, by saying he had not had “any kind of closed negotiations or dialogues” during the Forum.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday told the Georgian Public Broadcaster the country had a “dynamic, mutually beneficial” and “partnerly” relations with China.
Zhou Qian, the Chinese Ambassador to Georgia, on Monday highlighted steps taken within the strategic partnership between the two countries by saying China was “always committed” to assisting Georgia in improving social and economic growth.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Wednesday said the Chinese delegation, under the leadership of its Prime Minister, was represented “at a highest level” at the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos.