Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Tuesday said the plan for the implementation of the Anaklia deep sea port project in the country’s north-west was “extremely specific”.
Tender procedures for the long-planned project will be completed in May, while work for construction of the port will start in June, he told journalists earlier today.
He said the first phase of the project would take about two years.
The main thing for us is that the first phase is successfully completed in two years. Our work is completely focused on this”, the PM said.
Levan Davitashvili, the Minister of Economy of Georgia, said both the selection of the state’s private partner and the start of construction works were underway in order to implement the project “more quickly and efficiently”.
Last year, we introduced this plan to the public in detail. So, there were no surprises, nothing unexpected happened here. We will follow the procedures stipulated by the law and the plan that we set at the initial stage of the project's implementation”, he said.
Anaklia Sea Port entity, founded in 2023 by the Georgian state together with international consultants, has already carried out preparatory works for the construction of marine infrastructure on site.