The FINANCIAL — Trade-economic co-operation with Georgia was the main focus of the Minister of State for Europe and Amercias, Sir Alan Duncan when he spoke at the opening of the Wardrop Strategic Dialogue.
According to him, economic co-operation is an integral part of the bilateral relations and the British side is interested to establish a bilateral framework that will encourage relations between the two countries to expand and prosper including in the area of trade “I want this to be done swiftly and successfully and I’d like this to be ambitious.I am glad that the Foreign Office officials were recently in Tbilisi to discuss details of our future economic relations. That dialogue will intensify in the coming months” – Sir Alan Duncan said.
As the Minister of State said British investors’ interest in Georgia keeps rising, to which attests the appointment of the UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Georgia and an upcoming business forum within the framework of the Wardrop Dialogue.
According to Sir Alan Duncan, links between the two peoples are expanded helped by reintroduction of direct flights. “More of our citizens than ever before are travelling in both directions for tourism, study and business. As governments we can help these connections to develop even further including in the areas such as vocational and technical education and creative industries. We will ensure that Georgian citizens find the process of obtaining visa to visit Britain as easy as possible” – the Minister of State for Europe and Amercias said.
The fourth plenary session of the Georgia-UK Wardrop Strategic Dialogue was opened today in London, according to MFA of Georgia.
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