BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 10. Turkmenistan and
Georgia reviewed issues related to bilateral business and
investment cooperation, Trend reports via the Turkmen MFA.
The issues were addressed during a meeting in Tbilisi between
Georgian Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development
Tamar Ioseliani, Director General of Georgian Railway, Lasha
Abashidze, Head of the Department of Trade Development and
International Economic Relations at the Ministry of Economy and
Sustainable Development, Givi Zedelashvili, and Turkmen Ambassador
to Georgia Dovletmyrat Seyitmammedov.
Particularly, the sides focused on creating favorable conditions
for joint business initiatives, expanding direct contacts between
business communities of the two countries and strengthening
cooperation between relevant state institutions and the private
sector.
The discussions also covered prospects for increasing trade
turnover, with both sides noting positive dynamics in
Turkmen-Georgian economic relations and significant untapped
potential for business-to-business engagement.
The meeting comes a month after Georgian Minister of Economy and
Sustainable Development Mariam Kvrivishvili visited Ashgabat for
the fifth session of the Turkmen-Georgian Intergovernmental
Commission on Economic Cooperation. During the visit, she was
received by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who highlighted the
importance of transport and logistics cooperation, including the
Caspian Sea-Black Sea corridor, the Lapis Lazuli route and the
Green Port initiative.
Kvrivishvili also held talks with Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet
of Ministers Nokerguly Atagulyev and co-chaired the
intergovernmental commission meeting. The Georgian side emphasized
the country's role as a gateway to Black Sea ports and European
markets, while both sides discussed expanding trade, attracting
investment and increasing cargo flows along the Middle Corridor
connecting Asia and Europe.
As a result, the sides signed a final protocol outlining further
cooperation in transport, logistics, energy, trade and investment,
with particular focus on the Middle Corridor and Caspian-Black Sea
connectivity.
