Georgia seeks to gain improved access to EU market
By Jamila Babayeva
Georgia hopes to gain an improved access to the EU market, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said during his speech in Davos on January 23.
He said conducting targeted reforms relating to trade as provided for in the framework of the free trade agreement, Georgia hopes to gain much better access to the EU market for its products and services.
"In addition, it is expected that this agreement will support the flow of the direct investments in Georgia," Garibashvili said.
Garibashvili said in the Georgian economy has been greatly influenced by several events of regional importance recent years.
"There have been both positive and negative developments," he noted.
Garibashvili further said the European Union Neighborhood Police, in the frameworks of which East Partnership Initiative is being carried out, offers so necessary stimulus for political and economic development of the countries of the region. "Here we are talking about an association agreement with the EU given the agreement on a comprehensive and free trade," he said.
He expressed the hope that the ongoing discussion in Davos about global economic challenges will continue in the future.
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