Deputy Economy Minister highlights Georgia's role in Europe-Asia transport corridor programme
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Guram Guramishvili highlighted the country’s role in the development of the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia. Photo: Ministry of Economy
Tweet 
Share
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Guram Guramishvili on Tuesday highlighted the country’s role in the development of the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia, an initiative involving the European Union and states of Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia.
Guramishvili told a meeting of the TRACECA National Secretary in Tbilisi his Government was making “significant” investments for developing the transport and logistics infrastructure of the country.
The Deputy Minister also noted the Anaklia deep sea port project, earmarked for the Black Sea coastline town and designed to serve cargo passing through the corridor for intensification of traffic flows between the West and the East.
The Ministry of Economy said officials of TRACECA member countries discussed a “number of issues” on the agenda, including the state of implementation of the TRACECA 2022-2026 action plan and future steps.
Georgia is the Chair of the TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission this year.
Development of multimodal and maritime transport, facilitation of border crossing procedures and other questions are being discussed at the annual meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission of TRACECA, an international transport cooperation programme between the European Union and its partner countries in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia, hosted in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi.
Thea Tsulukiani, the Vice Prime Minister of Georgia, on Friday said the anticipated European Union membership candidate status for Georgia this month would “once again solidify” the status of the Georgian Dream Government as the “sole administration” to achieve “genuine progress” for integration into the bloc.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Thursday said the country should turn its geographical location into “an important opportunity”, highlighting Georgia’s “special role” among the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation member countries.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday highlighted the country’s economic progress since the Covid pandemic at the Annual Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Ministerial Conference, telling the event the national economy had rebounded with a “double-digit” growth of over 10 percent over the past two years.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday addressed the 22nd Annual Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Ministerial Conference in the capital city of Tbilisi to highlight Georgia’s “unique” role in contributing to “shared regional prosperity” with its economic development.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Wednesday led a working meeting of the Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation Programme in the capital city of Tbilisi that was focused on the development of financial technology in the region.