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anakliis portis operirebiT SSA Marine dainteresda

World-Class Operator Takes Interest in Anaklia Port

anakliis Rrmawylovani portis operirebiT msoflio klasis portoperatori SSA Marine dainteresda, kompania, am Temaze, molaparakebebs „anakliis ganviTarebis konsorciumTan” awarmoebs. saqarTveloSi imyofeba SSA Marine-is pirveli viceprezidenti bob uoTersi, romelsac saqarTvelos premier-ministri giorgi kvirikaSvili Sexvda. aSS-is umsxvilesi sanavsadgure saterminalo operatoris, SSA Marine-is saTavo ofisi sietlSi mdebareobs. kompaniis mflobelobaSia terminalebi msoflios 9 qveyanaSi. oficialuri informaciiT, SSA Marine wliurad 27.2 milion konteiners (TEU) amuSavebs. SSA Marine-is saqmianobis sferos aseve ganekuTvneba mSrali tvirTis damuSaveba da samgzavro-sakruizo gadayvanebi. kompaniis pirvel viceprezidentTan Sexvedrisas, saqarTvelos premier-ministrma ganacxada, rom anakliis Rrmawylovani porti qveynisTvis erT-erTi umTavresi strategiuli proeqtia, romlis warmatebiT ganxorcielebisTvis, msoflio klasis portoperatoris mozidva mniSvnelovania. premierma aseve isaubra saqarTvelos mzard geopolitikur potencialze da stumrebs miawoda informacia im proeqtebis Sesaxeb, romlebsac saqarTvelos mTavroba, maT Soris, kerZo seqtorTan erTad, axorcielebs.

SSA Marine, a leading international terminal operator which has expressed its interest in operating the Anaklia DeepSea Port, is holding relevant negotiations with the Anaklia Development Consortium. SSA Marine Senior Vice President Bob Watters, as part of his visit to Georgia, held a meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili. The headquarters of SSA Marine, a major US terminal operator, is located in Seattle. The company owns terminals in nine countries. Reportedly, the company’s annual capacity of 27.2 TEU. The scope of SSA Marine also covers dry cargo processing and passenger transportation/ cruises. During the meeting with the company’s Senior Vice President, the Prime Minister of Georgia emphasized the importance of attracting a top-notch international port operator to run the Anaklia Deep-Sea Port, which is one of the most important strategic projects in the country. The Prime Minister also discussed Georgia’s growing geopolitical potential and provided the guest with information about project implemented by the Georgian Government, including those carried out jointly with the private sector.

World-Class Operator Takes Interest in Anaklia Port saqarTveloSi kidev axali sawarmo iqmneba

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Three New Plants to Open in Georgia turizmidan miRebulma S e m o s a v a l ma 2 m i l i a r d dolars gadaaWarba

Tourism Revenues Exceed Two Billion USD

mixeil janeliZe TurqeTis ambasadorialze qarTvel da Turq di plomatebs Soris TanamSromlobis gaaqtiurebis iniciativiT gamovida

Mikheil Janelidze set forth the initiative of further activating cooperation between Georgian and Turkish diplomats at the ambassadorial meeting in Turkey mso f lio ba n k ma sa qa rT velos ekonomikis zrdis prognozi 5,2%-mde gazarda

The World Bank Improved Georgia’s Economic Growth Forecast to 5.2%

saqarTveloSi kidev 3 axali sawarmo i qm n eb a

Three New Plants to Open in Georgia

saqarTveloSi kidev 3 axali sawarmo iqmneba, - gadawyvetilebas mTavroba sxdomaze miiRebs. saxelmwifo programis - „awarmoe saqarTveloSi” farglebSi, mcxeTis munici palitetSi, sofel aRdgomlianTkarSi Seiqmneba samSeneblo masalebis mwarmoebeli sawarmo da ganxorcieldeba 1 300 000 laramde investicia. Cxorowyus munici palitetSi, qveda CxorowyuSi, Seiqmneba Txilisa da dafnis gadamamuSavebeli sawarmo, romlis investicia 130 000 laria; Cais xelSewyobis programis farglebSi, ozurgeTis munici palitetSi, sofel nagomarSi Seiqmneba Cais gadamamuSavebeli sawarmo. kompanias ijaris uflebiT 25 heqtari miwis farTobi gadaecema. saqarTvelos premier-ministris SefasebiT, TiToeuli axali sawarmos Seqmna gansakuTrebiT mniSvnelovania, radgan saxelmwifos mier dawyebuli es proeqtebi, upirveles yovlisa, adamianebs aZlevs saSualebas, wamoiwyon sakuTari saqme da aseve, daasaqmon aTobiT adgilobrivi mcxovrebi. „es aris umniSvnelovanesi proeqtebi, adgilobrivi warmoebis potencialis Seqmnis kuTxiT, da ra Tqma unda, saxelmwifo ganagrZobs sakuTar Zalisxmevas am mimarTulebiT. mniSvnelovania, yovelTvis gvaxsovdes, rom adgilobrivi potenciali ver ifunqcionirebs, Tu ar eqneba Zalian myari Segneba TiToeul Cvengansa Tu saqarTvelos mosaxleobas, rom adgilobrivi produqciis SeZena aris damatebiTi Semosavali qarTuli ojaxis biujetSi, aris cxeli sadili adgilobrivi dasaqmebulis ojaxSi, aris, saRamos saxlSi misuli xeldamSvenebuli mSobeli da, adgilobrivi produqciis SeZenisas, Cven mudmivad unda gvaxsovdes es kavSiri”, - ganacxada giorgi kvirikaSvilma.

At the meeting, the Government will make a decision on opening three new plants in Georgia. Under the Produce in Georgia program, a building material factory will open in the village of Aghdgomliantkari, Mtskheta Municipality (1,300,000 GEL in investment). A hazelnut and bay laurel processing plant will be established in Kveda Chkhorotzku, Chkhorotzku Municipality (130,000 GEL in investments). Under the program for supporting tea production, a tea processing plant will be created in the village of Nagomari, Ozurgeti Municipality, and the implementing company will receive 25 hectares of land to lease. According to the Prime Minister of Georgia, the creation of each of these plants is of crucial importance, because these projects initiated by the Government enable people to start their own businesses and employ dozens of local residents. “These are vitally important projects in terms of ensuring local production potential, and the state continues its efforts in this direction. Importantly, we should always remember that this local potential will never work unless we all, Georgia’s population, fathom that purchasing local products leads to additional incomes for Georgian households, a hot meal in the family of a local employee, a parent bringing home goods after hours. We should always remember this link when buying local products,” Giorgi Kvirikashvili stated.

turizmidan miRebulma Semosavalma 2 miliard dolars gadaaWarba

Tourism Revenues Exceed Two Billion USD

saqarTveloSi Camosuli turistebis raodenoba naxevari milioniT gaizarda, xolo turizmidan miRebulma Semosavalma 2 miliard aSS dolars gadaaWarba, - turizmis mimarTulebiT arsebul dadebiT statistikas saqarTvelos premier-ministri mTavrobis sxdomaze gamoexmaura. giorgi kvirikaSvilis SefasebiT, is, rom 2016 wels saqarTvelos 6 milion 350 aTasze meti saerTaSoriso mogzauri ewvia da miRebulia 2 miliardze meti Semosavali, Zalian kargi Sedegia. „es aris im saerTo Zalisxmevis Sedegi, romelsac Cven vaxorcielebT, rogorc infrastruqturis ganviTarebis mimarTulebiT, aseve,

The numbers of tourists in Georgia have increased by half a million, and tourism revenues exceed two billion USD. The Prime Minister of Georgia commented on the positive tourism statistics at the Government meeting. According to Giorgi Kvirikashvili, it is truly commendable that, in 2016, over 6,350,000 international guests visited Georgia, and the country’s revenues from tourism exceed 2,000,000,000 USD. “It is a result of our joint efforts seeking to develop infrastructure and position Georgia as an attractive international destination. We believe that the investments to create yearround resorts and build roads to tourist destinations, also to

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saqarTvelos, rogorc mimzidveli turistuli mimarTulebis saerTaSoriso pozicionirebis kuTxiT. vfiqrobT, investiciebi, romlebsac vaxorcielebT oTxsezoniani kurortebis Seqmnis, aseve turistuli mimarTulebebisken axali gzebis mSeneblobis kuTxiT da zamTris kurortebze sajarokerZo partniorobis modelebis ganxorcielebis mimarTulebiT, kidev ufro gasafarToebelia, radgan mas moaqvs konkretuli Sedegebi, adgilobrivi biznesisa da adgilobrivi mcxovreblebisTvis damatebiTi Semosavlis saxiT. es mimarTuleba gagrZeldeba da gaZlierdeba”, - ganacxada premier-ministrma. giorgi kvirikaSvilis TqmiT, aseve misasalmebeli Sedegia is, rom wels, Zalian maRali reputaciis mqone araerTma saerTaSoriso gamocemam saqarTvelo, erT-erT yvelaze mimzidvel, xolo zogierTma gamocemam - msoflioSi yvelaze mimzidvel axal turistul mimarTulebad daasaxela.

implement public-private partnership models at winter resorts, must be enhanced further, because they yield concrete results in terms of additional revenues for local businesses and residents,” the Prime Minister stated. According to Giorgi Kvirikashvili, it is also a commendable outcome that, this year, more than one reputable publication has named Georgia as one of the most attractive new destinations, while some even rank it as the best new tourist destination in the world.

mixeil janeliZe TurqeTis ambasadorialze qarTvel da Turq di plomatebs Soris TanamSromlobis gaaqtiurebis iniciativiT gamovida

Mikheil Janelidze set forth the initiative of further activating co-operation between Georgian and Turkish diplomats at the ambassadorial meeting in Turkey

ankara - saqarTvelos sagareo saqmeTa ministrma mixeil janeliZem TurqeTis elCebis me-9 konferenciaSi miiRo monawileoba da Turq di plomatebs sityviT mimarTa. ministri ambasadorialze gamovida iniciativiT, rom ufro metad gaaqtiurdes qarTvel da Turq di plomatebs Soris ormxriv da mravalmxriv formatebSi TanamSromloba regionis ekonomikuri, satranzito da energetikuli potencialis ukeT warmosaCenad. ministris TqmiT, am kuTxiT 2016 wels sxvadasxva formatSi ramdenime mniSvnelovani RonisZieba Catarda da gamoTqva mzadyofna, msgavsi RonisZiebebi kidev ufro xSirad gaimarTos. sagareo uwyebis xelmZRvanelma Turq di plomatebTan vrclad isaubra saqarTvelo-TurqeTis ormxrivi urTierTobebis farTo speqtrze. ministrma yuradReba gaamaxvila saqarTvelo-TurqeTis maRali donis strategiuli TanamSromlobis sabWoze da aRniSna, rom es meqanizmi gaaCens TanamSromlobis axal perspeqtivebs, rac xelsayreli iqneba ara mxolod ori qveynisTvis, aramed mTlianad regionisTvis da evropisaTvis. „aT welze metia TurqeTi rCeba saqarTvelos umsxviles savaWro partniorad da am kuTxiT or qveyanas Soris ormxrivi urTierTobebis kidev ufro gaRrmaveba naTlad gamoCnda 2016 wels. gasuli weli erT-erTi rTuli iyo ekonomikuri TvalsazrisiT rogorc msoflios masStabiT aseve Cvens regionSi vaWrobis Semcirebis kuTxiT. Tumca kavSirebi saqarTvelosa da TurqeTs Soris mainc izrdeboda miuxedavad im negatiuri tendenciebisa, rac msoflioSi da samezobloSi

Ankara - Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze took part in the Ninth Ambassadors Conference and appeared with a speech before the Turkish ambassadors. Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze took part in the Ninth Ambassadors Conference and appeared with a speech before the Turkish ambassadors. He set forth the initiative to further activate co-operation between Georgian and Turkish diplomats in bilateral and multilateral formats in order to highlight the region’s economic, transit and energy potential. The Georgian Foreign Minister spoke extensively about a broad spectrum of bilateral relations between Georgia and Turkey paying special attention to the functioning of the High-level Strategic Cooperation Council and emphasizing that this mechanism will open up new prospects for co-operation, which will be beneficial not only for the two countries, but also for the entire region and Europe. Mikheil Janelidze also spoke about the trilateral format of Georgia-Azerbaijan-Turkey co-operation in the sector of energy security focusing on the importance of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and the South Caucasus Pipeline projects. According to the Minister, these three countries form the east-west transit-transportation corridor connecting with each other the European and Asian economies. In his speech, the Georgian Foreign Minister highlighted Georgia’s foreign policy priorities and its economic and investment potential paying special attention to the situation in Georgia’s occupied territories. Mikheil Janelidze thanked the Turkish side for its support for Georgia’s

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arsebobda“ - ganacxada mixeil janeliZem. saqarTvelos sagareo saqmeTa ministrma aseve isaubra saqarTvelo-TurqeT-azerbaijanis TanamSromlobaze energo usafrTxoebis TvalsazrisiT da am mxriv yuradReba gaamaxvila baqo-Tbilisi-jeihanisa da samxreT kavkasiuri milsadenis proeqtebze, rac am qveynebs Soris kavSirebs kidev ufro aZlierebs. ministris TqmiT, es sami qveyana warmoadgens aRmosavleT-dasavleTis satranzito-satransporto koridoris umniSvnelovanes RerZs, romelic evropisa da aziis ekonomikebs erTmaneTTan akavSirebs. sagareo saqmeTa ministrma Tavis gamosvlaSi aseve isaubra saqarTvelos sagareo politikur prioritetebze, qveynis ekonomikur da sainvesticio potencialze. man gansakuTrebuli yuradReba gaamaxvila saqarTvelos okupirebul teritoriebze arsebul viTarebaze. sagareo uwyebis xelmZRvanelma madloba gadauxada Turqul mxares saqarTvelos suverenitetisa da teritoriuli mTlianobis, aseve evropuli da evroatlantikuri miswrafebebis uryevi mxardaWerisaTvis. sagareo uwyebis xelmZRvanelma agreTve mimoixila regionSi arsebuli viTareba da gamowvevebi. am konteqstSi ministrma gansakuTrebuli aqcenti gaakeTa terorizmis winaaRmdeg brZolis mniSvnelobaze. mixeil janeliZem mkacrad dagmo ukanasknel periodSi TurqeTSi momxdari teroristuli aqtebi da miusamZimra Turq xalxs. ministrma partnior qveyanas mxardaWera aRuTqva terorizmTan brZolis sakiTxSi. „mjera, Cvens qveynebs Soris kavSiri momavalSi kidev ufro gaRrmavdeba, rac regionis usafrTxoebis da stabilurobis safuZvels Seqmnis“, - ganacxada mixeil janeliZem.

sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as for its European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations. The Georgian Foreign Minister reviewed the situation in the region and the challenges facing it. He put special accent on the importance of fighting against terror strictly condemning the recent terrorist acts in Turkey, expressing his solidarity with the Turkish people and pledging support in the fight against terror. “I believe that relations between our two counties will further strengthen forming the basis for security and stability in the region” – Mikheil Janelidze said.

msoflio bankma saqarTvelos ekonomikis zrdis prognozi 5,2%-mde gazarda

The World Bank Improved Georgia’s Economic Growth Forecast to 5.2%

msoflio banki saqarTveloSi ekonomikis zrdis daCqarebas wels, 5,2%-mde elis. axal angariSSi Global Economic Prospects, saqarTvelosTvis prognozi gaumjobesebulia, wina SefasebasTan SedarebiT 0.7 procentuli punqtiT. 2018 wels mSp-s zrda 5,3%-is niSnulze, 2019 wels ki, 5%-zea navaraudevi. wina angariSSi msoflio bankis prognozi 2017 wlisTvis iyo 4,5%-s, 2018 wlisTvis ki 5%-s. saqarTvelos mTavroba ki 2017 wlisTvis 4%-ian ekonomikur zrdas prognozirebs. 2018-2019 wlebis ekonomikuri zrdis prognozi 4.5%-ia, xolo 2020 wlis 5.5%.

The World Bank (WB) has projected that Georgia’s economic growth rate will increase to 5.2% this year. WB in the new Global Economic Prospects report has improved the economic growth outlook in Georgia by 0.7 percent. In 2018 GDP growth will be at 5.3% while in 2019- at 5%. In the previous report the World Bank’s forecast for 2017 was 4.5%, in 20185%. The government of Georgia forecasts the country’s economy will grow 4% in 2017. In 2018-2019 economic growth rate will be 4.5% and in 2020- 5.5%.

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