Georgian PM, International Maritime Organisation Secretary General review cooperation
The Georgian official also stressed his Government was making “significant investments” in infrastructure to ensure the “possibility of generating sufficient energy generation in the coming years”. Photo: Government Administration
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The “positive cooperation” between the Georgian Government and the International Maritime Organisation, and support in the former’s implementation of reforms were discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Kitack Lim, the Secretary General of the IMO.
The officials reviewed the importance of promoting transport connections on the Eurasian continent considering the “geopolitical situation”, and the significance of Georgia as a transit and logistics hub in this regard, the Government Administration said.
Garibashvili noted the country was “historically” a “natural bridge” between Europe and Asia, and further pointed out the strategic location allowed the country to “contribute to the revival of the [historical] Silk Road through the Middle Corridor under the umbrella of the Belt and Road Initiative”.
The Georgian official also stressed his Government was making “significant investments” in infrastructure to ensure the “possibility of generating sufficient energy generation in the coming years”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday said Tbilisi, as an “impartial mediator” between the neighbouring Azerbaijan and Armenia in their long-running conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, was interested in ensuring a “lasting peace” in the South Caucasus.
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The “strong, strategic partnership” between Georgia and Azerbaijan and “the centuries-old good neighbourly relations” were discussed on Thursday by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ali Asadov.
The prospects of the existing and future cooperation, including in trade and economics, were reviewed on Thursday by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Erin McKee, the Assistant Administrator in the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia at USAID.