PM Summarizes Visit to Davos

Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili summarizes the Georgian delegation’s recent visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. 

“I think it was a very successful and productive visit. We had very specific, concrete meetings that were oriented towards very specific results. A tendency that we clearly saw is that every company representative, every investor we’ve met, considers Georgia as a correct place to open its representation in the region; it’s hugely important as we’re starting to implement the agreements we have with EU, China and other countries,” Giorgi Kvirikashvili stated. 

“We had specific meetings held; there were several big Indian companies as Wipro, which is considering opening a subsidiary in Georgia in order to offer its services to other countries from here as a base; there was a large American company, Hillwood, a leading player in the logistics sphere, which is considering Georgia for the company’s possible regional HQ. There also were political meetings; we met with Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President of the European Commission. We have discussed regional projects in the energy sector and the steps undertaken after Georgia joined the Energy Union. We had a meeting with President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, which involved a very interesting conversation regarding our future projects. We also met with Prime Minister of Kirgyzstan” Giorgi Kvirikashvili stressed. 

“It is also very important that at the ‘Strategic Outlook – Eurasia’ panel discussion, every participant noted the progress of Georgia, and the importance of that progress, not only for the country, but for the region,” he said as he summarized the visit to Davos, also pointing out his meeting with the President of International Olympic Committee, and that Georgia “starts to prepare everything so that we are able to host the Winter Olympic games”. “It will need considerable effort, but it will also bring new investments, new employment opportunities in Georgia, and will once again introduce Georgia on an international scale,”

As Kvirikashvili pointed out, according to the comments at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Georgia is steadily on the right track of development.

By Nino Gugunishvili