2018-08-30
"Georgia and Azerbaijan are strategic partners. We succeeded in implementing a great number of projects with global significance" stated Mamuka Bakhtadze, Prime Minister of Georgia when summing up his Official Visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan today.
In the opinion of the Head of the Government of Georgia, very productive meetings have been held with the President, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Parliament of Azerbaijan.
"We discussed new projects, which we can implement jointly and which will further deepen our economic relations. At the same time, very specific aims and goals have been defined. Trade volume will reach almost 1 billion this year and we believe that in the coming 2 years we can improve this indicator by 50-60%. In addition, we agreed to scrutinize the possibility of establishing joint ventures. Georgia is the only country in the region, which has free trade regimes both with the European Union (EU) and China. Azerbaijan is one of the largest investors in Georgia and of course there is a huge potential towards this end" stated the Prime Minister of Georgia.
Head of the Government of Georgia believes that truly sound relations exist between Georgia and Azerbaijan in education, arts and culture, however there are issues that need to be improved and advanced further.
"We have agreed also that additional consultations will be held on financial aspects of these initiatives. Our current free trade regime does not cover services. We will conduct additional studies and I believe that new free trade regime will facilitate a greater increase of cooperation between Georgia and Azerbaijan. It was a very good, truly successful visit, which I am confident will give a new impulse to our economic cooperation" concluded the Prime Minister of Georgia.
Prime Minister's Press Office