Georgian FM says Silk Road Forum “great platform where ideas meet action”
Darchiashvili said the event would bring “tangible results in tackling existing challenges” and “unleashing new opportunities” in the global economy. Photo: Government Administration
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The Tbilisi Silk Road Forum is a “great platform where ideas meet action”, Ilia Darchiashvili, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, said about the event that opened on Thursday in Georgia’s capital city.
Darchiashvili said the event would bring “tangible results in tackling existing challenges” and “unleashing new opportunities” in the global economy.
Beautiful Tbilisi is once again hosting the Silk Road Forum, bringing together more than 2 000 guests from over 60 countries! This is a great platform where ideas meet action, paving the way for a prosperous future. I am sure, the forum will bring tangible results in tackling… pic.twitter.com/UQBplsfq3y
— Ilia Darchiashvili (@iliadarch) October 26, 2023
Over 2,000 delegates and visitors from 63 countries from both governmental and private sectors are participating in the event.
The Forum will host 10 thematic sessions as well as discussions of Georgia’s investment opportunities and B2B meetings.
The Forum was founded by Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili in 2015.
Robin Dunnigan, the newly appointed United States Ambassador to Georgia, on Thursday highlighted the importance of the fourth edition of the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum, an event hosting more than 2,000 delegates and guests from up to 60 foreign states in the Georgian capital.
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.
The Tbilisi Silk Road Forum will strengthen regional cooperation, strengthen and improve investments, Roberta Casali, the Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank, said at the opening event of the fourth edition of the event on Thursday in Tbilisi.
Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov on Thursday told the opening event of the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum the development of port infrastructure and growth of civil cargo transportation would contribute to increasing the role of Azerbaijan and Georgia as both countries played an important transit role between Europe and Asia.