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saqarTvelo aSS–is Zalian mniSvnelovani partnioria

7.05.2017

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saqarTvelo aSS–is Zalian mniSvnelovani partnioria

Georgia Is a Very Important US Partner

amerikeli kongresmenebis mxardamWeri mimarTva metyvelebs imaze, rom saqarTvelo aris aSS-is Zalian mniSvnelovani partniori. ase iyo es gasuli 25 wlis ganmavlobaSi da Cven didi imedi gvaqvs, rom momavali 25 wlis manZilze SevZlebT, rom kidev ufro mWidro partnioroba SevqmnaT, rac aris garanti saqarTvelos stabiluri, demokratiuli qveynis Camoyalibebis procesSi,” - ase Seafasa saqarTvelos premier-ministrma amerikeli kongresmenebis mier amerikis SeerTebuli Statebis prezidentis, donald trampisadmi saqarTvelos mxardamWeri weriliT mimarTva. giorgi kvirikaSvili darwmunebulia, rom kongresmenebis ganwyobas da suliskveTebas iziarebs amerikis prezidenti donald trampi. „Zalian mniSvnelovania, rom Cveni di plomatiuri urTierTobebis 25 wlis aRsaniSnavad da Cveni mtkice partniorobis kidev ufro mxardasaWerad, 30 kongresmenma, warmomadgenlobiTi palatis wevrebma gaugzavnes aSS-is prezident donald tramps saqarTvelos mxardamWeri werili. mimarTvaSi xazgasmulia Cveni partniorobis mniSvneloba, Zalian didi warmatebebi, rogorc demokratiuli instituciebis mSeneblobis, ise ekonomikuri ganviTarebis gzaze. aseve xazgasmulia, rom saqarTvelo okupaciiis problemebis miuxedavad, aris mtkice mxardamWeri antiteroristuli qmedebebisa da operaciebis. werilSi gamoxatulia mxarda-

Letter from the Members of Congress in support of our country clearly demonstrates that Georgia is an important partner of the US. This has been the case over the past 25 years, and I certainly hope that, in the next 25 years, we will further cement our partnership as a guarantee of Georgia’s development into a stable democratic country,” the Prime Minister of Georgia commented on the letter in support of Georgia addressed by Members of Congress to US President Donald Trump. Giorgi Kvirikashvili is convinced that President Trump shares the stance and determination of the Members of Congress. “Importantly, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our diplomatic relations, and boost our partnership, thirty Members of Congress, members of the House of Representatives, addressed US President Donald Trump with a letter in support of Georgia. This address emphasizes the importance of our partnership and the great achievements in building democratic institutions and ensuring economic growth. It also points out that Georgia, despite facing occupation-related problems, remains a staunch supporter of anti-terrorism measures and

Georgia Is a Very Important US Partner Sexvedra BP– is regionul prezidentTan

Meeting with BP Regional President giorgi gaxaria qarTvel da Turq biznesmenTa asociaciis wevrebs Sexvda

Giorgi Gakharia Met Georgian and Turkish Business Association Members

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Meeting with Head of Large Bulgarian Investment Fund saqarTvelo-moldovas e k o n o m i k u r i T a n a m Sr o m lobis mTavrobaTaSorisi komisiis sxdoma

First Session of Georgia-Moldova Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation Held in Tbilisi

Wera Tavisufali savaWro SeTanxmebis Sesaxeb molaparakebebis dawyebisaTvis, rac vfiqrobT Zalian mimasasalmebelia. bolo periodSi kongresma ramdenime mniSvnelovani rezolucia miiRo - teritoriuli mTlianobis mxardamWeri rezolucia, aseve, evroatlantikuri miswrafebebis mxardamWeris kuTxiT. es yvelaferi metyvelebs imaze, rom saqarTvelo aris aSS-is Zalian mniSvnelovani partniori. darwmunebuli var, saqarTvelos mimarT igive ganwyobaa senatSi da erTi wamiTac aravis epareba eWvi, rom zustad aseTive suliskveTeba gaaCnia amerikis prezidents, baton donald tramps,” - aRniSna premierma mTavrobis sxdomaze.

operations. The letter reflects support for initiating free trade agreement negotiations, which is commendable indeed. Lately, the US Congress has adopted several important resolutions, such as those supporting our territorial integrity and Euro-Atlantic aspirations. All this testifies that Georgia is a very important partner of the United States. I am convinced that the Senate seconds this attitude, and there is no doubt that the same is true of US President Donald Trump,” the Prime Minister stated at today’s Government meeting.

Sexvedra BP–is regionul prezidentTan

Meeting with BP Regional President

saqarTvelos premier-ministri giorgi kvirikaSvili britanuli multinacionaluri navTobisa da gazis kompania “briTiSpetroliumis” (BP) regionul prezidents, gari jonss Sexvda. mxareebma saqarTveloSi mimdinare proeqtebi ganixiles da TanamSromlobis perspeqtivebze imsjeles. saubari Seexo baqo-sufsis navTobsadenis garkveuli monakveTebis modernizaciis sakiTxebs da „Sah denizis” meore fazis farglebSi mimdinare samuSaoebs. yuradReba gamaxvilda samxreT kavkasiuri milsadenis gafarToebis proeqtze (SCPX). premier-ministrma xazi gausva proeqtis udides mniSvnelobas, rogorc saqarTvelosTvis, aseve mTlianad regionisTvis - samxreTkavkasiis gazsadenis gafarToebis proeqtis mizania milsadenis gamtarianobis gazrda da weliwadSi damatebiTi 16miliardi kuburi metri gazis transportireba kaspiis zRvaSi mdebare „Sah deniz 2"-is sabadodan evropis qveynebamde. Sexvedraze aRiniSna, rom BP-s saqarTvelosTan 20-wliani warmatebuli TanamSromloba akavSirebs da igi erT-erTi yvelaze msxvili ucxoeli investoria. mTavrobis administraciaSi gamarTul Sexvedras vice-premieri, energetikis ministris kaxa kalaZe, saqarTvelos navTobisa da gazis korporaciis generaluri direqtori daviT TvalabeiSvili, saqarTvelos premier-ministris mrCeveli sagareo urTierTobebis sakiTxebSi Tedo jafariZe, saqarTvelos sagareo saqmeTa ministris moadgile daviT jalaRania, BP-is warmomadgenlebi daeswrnen.

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili met today with Regional President Gary Jones of the BP multinational oil and gas company. The parties discussed the ongoing projects in Georgia and prospects of further cooperation. The dialogue involved the modernization of certain sections along the Baku-Supsa pipeline and ongoing work under the Second Phase of Shah Deniz. Special attention was paid to the South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion (SCPX) project. The Prime Minister underlined the project’s crucial importance to both Georgia and the wider region. SCPX seeks to increase the pipeline’s capacity and ensure the transportation of additional 16 billion cubic meters of natural gas from the Shah Deniz gas fields in the Caspian Sea to European countries. The successful cooperation between Georgia and BP, one of the biggest foreign investors in the country, over the past 20 years was also emphasized during the meeting. The meeting at the Administration of the Government was attended by Vice Prime Minister and Ministry of Energy Kakha Kaladze, Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation CEO Davit Tvalabeishvili, the Prime Minster’s Foreign Adviser Tedo Japaridze, and BP representatives.

giorgi gaxaria qarTvel da Turq biznesmenTa asociaciis wevrebs Sexvda

Giorgi Gakharia Met Georgian and Turkish Business Association Members

ekonomikisa da mdgradi ganviTarebis ministri giorgi gaxaria sastumroSi “tiflis palasi“ qarTvel da Turq biznesmenTa asociaciis warmomadgenlebs Sexvda. ministrma biznesmenebs ekonomikuri TanamSromlobis ZiriTadi mimarTulebebi gaacno da or qveyanas Soris arsebul savaWro-ekonomikur mdgomareobasa da saeqsporto SesaZleblobeze esa-

Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia held a meeting with the members of the Georgian and Turkish business associations at the hotel Tiflis Palace. The Minister introduced to the businessmen the main directions of the economic cooperation and discussed the aspects of the current economic cooperation between the

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countries as well as the prospects of further cooperation. Giorgi Gakharia represented the new structure of the Produce in Georgia Agency to the audience and discussed in details the components of the Produce in Georgia program which are Business, Export and Investment. The Minister also talked about the economic growth which reached 5.3% in March, on-going trends in the tourism sector and the infrastructural projects. Free Trade regimes that Georgia has with the EU and other partners was also the part of the conversation. The Minister also answered the questions that businessmen had. “We have very productive and interesting meeting. Turkey is one of the main economic and trade partner to Georgia and Turkish businesspersons are being investing in Georgia’s economy for a long time. However, Turkey is one of the leading investor country in the world. We believe that cooperation and partnership with the Turkish businessmen operating in Georgia will become even closer” – Giorgi Gakharia stated. Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Georgia, H.E. Zeki Levent Gumrukcu and the Deputy Ministers of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Giorgi Cherkezishvili and Genadi Arveladze also attended the meeting. Meeting with Head of Large Bulgarian Investment Fund

saqarTveloSi saqmiani vizitiT imyofeba bulgareTis erT-erTi msxvili sainvesticio fondis “Clever Synergies Investment Fund“is mflobeli cvetelina borislavova. cvetelina borislavovas ekonomikisa da mdgradi ganviTarebis saministroSi ministris moadgileebi nino javaxaZe da giorgi CerqeziSvili Sexvdnen. Sexvedraze saubari Seexo saqarTvelosa da bu lg ar eT s So ri s satvi rT o ga da zi dv eb is ganviTarebis sakiTxebs. kerZod, ganxilul iqna or qveyanas Soris saborne gadazidvebis mimarTulebiT arsebuli gamowvevebi da perspeqtivebi. mxareebma ganixiles proeqtebi, romlis ganxorcielebac xels Seuwyobs saqarTvelos gavliT damatebiTi tvirTnakadebis mozidvas da ori qveynis satranzito funqciis ganviTarebas. aseve, saministros warmomadgenlebma bulgareTis umsxvilesi gaerTianebis xelmZRvanels qveynis turistuli potenciali gaacnes.

Owner of the large Bulgarian investment fund - Clever Synergies Investment Fund, Tsvetelina Borislavova is having an official visit to Georgia. Deputy Ministers of Economy, Nino Javakhadze and Giorgi Cherkezishvili hosted Tsvetelina Borislavova at the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development. Development of the freight transportation between Georgia and Bulgaria was discussed at the meeting and namely the prospects and challenges in terms of ferry transportation between the two countries. Prospects of attracting the freights to pass through Georgia and enhancing the transportation capabilities of the two countries were also discussed during the meeting. High-rank officials of the Ministry introduced Georgia’s tourism potential to the Bulgarian guest.

ubra. giorgi gaxariam asociaciis wevrebs saagentos “awarmoe saqarTveloSi“ axali struqtura gaacno, detalurad isaubra “awarmoe saqarTveloSi“ – biznesze, eqsportsa da investiciebze. giorgi gaxariam, Turq biznesmenebs 2017 wlis martSi ekonomikuri zrdis 5,3% winaswari maCvenebeli, turizmis seqtorSi mimdinare tendenciebi da infrastruqturuli proeqtebi gaacno. ministrma, aseve, Tavisufali vaWrobis reJimebze isaubra da biznesmenebis SekiTxvebs upasuxa, “Cven Zalian nayofieri da saintereso Sexvedra gvqonda, CvenTvis TurqeTi aris erT-erTi yvelaze mniSvnelovani savaWro da ekonomikuri partniori, Turquli investiciebi saqarTveloSi didi xania xorcieldeba da igi aris erT-erTi lideri qveyana investiciebis mimarTulebiT. vfiqrob, es urTierToba biznesmenebTan, romlebic saqarTveloSi moRvaweoben, kidev ufro gamyardeba da gaZlierdeba“ - ganacxada giorgi gaxariam. qarTvel da Turq biznesmenTa asociaciis wevrebTan gamarTul morig Sexvedras saqarTveloSi TurqeTis elCi levenT gumruqCu da ministris moadgileebi giorgi CerqeziSvili da genadi arvelaZe eswrebodnen.

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First Session of Georgia-Moldova Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation Held in Tbilisi

28 aprils TbilisSi, saqarTvelo-moldovas ekonomikuri TanamSromlobis erToblivi mTavrobaTaSorisi komisiis pirveli sxdoma gaimarTa. saqarTvelos mxridan komisiis pirvel sxdomas ekonomikisa da mdgradi ganviTarebis ministri giorgi gaxaria, xolo moldovas respublikis mxridan regionuli ganviTarebisa da mSeneblobis ministri vasile bitka xelmZRvanelobdnen. “moldovas respublika Cveni bunebrivi mokavSirea. yvelas kargad gvesmis, rom erTi mimarTulebiT, kerZod, evrokavSiris mimarTulebiT Cven gvaqvs absoluturad erTmniSvnelovnad dasaxuli gegma da Sesabamisad politikuri mimarTulebiT ar arsebobs aranairi orazrovneba. Sesabamisad Cven vcdilobT, rom ekonomikuri urTierToba, romelic dRes, samwuxarod, Zalian sustia gavaZlieroT. swored amitom dRes, Cveni qveynis mTavrobebs Soris ormxrivi komisiis sxdoma gaimarTa. dRes iyo dRe, rodesac komisia Seiqmna da Cven vfiqrobT, rom uwyebaTaSoris doneze Tu daviwyebT intensiur muSaobas, aRmovaCenT im SesaZleblobebs, sadac SegviZlia savaWro urTierTobebis gaumjobeseba” – ganacxada giorgi gaxariam. sxdomis farglebSi, mxareebma ekonomikuri TanamSromlobis ZiriTadi mimarTulebebi ganixiles. maT Soris, or qveyanas Soris arsebuli savaWro-ekonomikuri mdgomareoba, saeqsporto SesaZleblobebi da Semdgomi ganviTarebisa da gazrdis gzebze imsjeles. aseve, samrewvelo, maT Soris agrosamrewvelo, kvebis mrewvelobis mimarTulebiT arsebuli mdgomareoba. “soflis meurneobisa da maRali teqnologiebis mimarTulebiT TanamSromlobis mxriv Cvens qveynebs Soris aris saintereso perspeqtiva, sadac Cven SegviZlia swrafad mivaRwioT Cveni maCveneblebis gaumjobesebas” – ganacxada giorgi gaxariam. komisiis pirvel sxdomaSi orive qveynis sxvadasxva uwyebebis xelmZRvaneli pirebi da eqspertebi monawileobdnen. sxdomaze ganixiles ormxrivi TanamSromlobis gaRrmavebis sakiTxebi iseT sferoebSi, rogoricaa: transporti, turizmi, energetikis seqtori, kavSirgabmuloba da inovaciebi, garemos dacva, kulturisa da ganaTlebis sakiTxebi da sxva. “TiToeuli Cvengani Tanxmdeba, rom mTavrobaTaSorisi komisiis muSaoba, rogorc moldovuri, ise qarTuli mxarisTvis ori qveynis urTierTobebSi damatebiTi stimulis mimcemi gaxdeba. moldovas respublikis damoukideblobis aRdgenis Semdeg Cvens qveynebs Soris msgavsi saxis dokumenti pirvelad gaformda. gulwrfelad mixaria” – ganacxada vasile bitkam. komisiis sxdomis dasrulebis Semdeg giorgi gaxariam da vasile bitkam xeli moaweres SeTanxmebas “saqarTvelos mTavrobasa da moldovas respublikis mTavrobas Soris erToblivi mTavrobaTaSorisi ekonomikuri TanamSromlobis komisiis dafuZnebis Sesaxeb“. aseve, dokuments “saqarTvelos mTavrobasa da moldovas respublikis mTavrobas Soris turizmis sferoSi TanamSromlobis Sesaxeb“.

First session of Georgia-Moldova Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in Tbilisi, The Session was cochaired by the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Giorgi Gakharia and the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of the Republic of Moldova, Vasile Bitca. “Moldova is our partner, since we have absolutely equal strong policy regarding the EU and therefore, we have no political ambiguity. Consequently, we try to deepen the economic relations, which at this point are not very close. That was the very reason to conduct the first session of the bilateral commission today. We established the Commission today and when we start working on the interagency level, we will be able to determine the fields where expansion of the cooperation is most promising” – Giorgi Gakharia stated. Within the framework of the Commission, the parties discussed many different issues, including the main directions of the cooperation between the two countries, current economic and trade relations, export opportunities, prospects of enhancing of the cooperation, industry and enterprising in the field of agro-production, food proceeding, etc. “There are the prospects of the cooperation between the two countries in the sectors of the agriculture and high technologies and those are the directions, where we can improve our indicators promptly, “ – Giorgi Gakharia stated. Leaders of the different state bodies and the experts of the both countries participated in the first session of the commission. Deepening of the cooperation in such fields as transport, tourisms, energy, communication, innovation, environment protection, culture, education, etc. “We all come to the conclusion that this Intergovernmental Commission will further stimulate the development of the relations between the two countries. This is the first time after the Independence of the Republic of Moldova when we sign such an important document with Georgia. I am really glad about this” - Vasile Bitca stated. After the meeting, Giorgi Gakharia and Vasile Bitca signed an agreement “On Establishing Joint Intergovernmental Economic Cooperation Commission between the Government of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Moldova”. Also, the document “On Cooperation in the Field of Tourism between the Government of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Moldova”. After the meeting, Giorgi Gagaria and Vasile Bitka signed an agreement “On Establishing Joint Intergovernmental Commission of the Government of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Moldova on Economic Cooperation”. The Document on Cooperation in the Field of Tourism between the Government of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Moldova was also signed.

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