A meeting between the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Mariam Kvrivishvili, and Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu, took place during his working visit to Georgia.
The priority directions of bilateral trade-economic relations, the development of cooperation between countries in sectors such as bilateral trade, transport and logistics, civil aviation, tourism, and others were the topics of the discussion.
Ministers noted that Turkey is the number one trading partner and a regular developed investor, especially in the field of transport. Government of Georgia uses the role of transit corridor effectively and the forms a regional logistics hub.
A number of initiatives for the development of transport corridors between Europe and Asia actively involve Georgia and Turkey. One of them is the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route – the middle corridor that promotes global trade, and economic development.
The modernization of the railway, the construction of the East-West Highway, the development of the Anaklia Deepwater Port, the new Tbilisi International Airport, the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway are among specific projects that will contribute to the development of the country in this direction.
The ministers agreed that the full operation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway and cooperation in the civil aviation sector were their priorities.
Direct regular flights between two countries made the number of passengers transferred surpass 615 thousand (5.97% more than in the same period of 2024).
4 Turkish airlines are currently carrying passengers between countries and successfully operating freight flights. They expect Turkey’s largest airline, “Turkish Airlines,” to launch a new direction that will further enhance cooperation in both the aviation and tourism sectors.
As a result, more than 1.3 million visitors came from Turkey to Georgia in 2024, which made Turkey second in terms of international visitors to Georgia. Cooperation between the two countries on investments, land transport, hydrography, marine, railway, and more were also discussed at the meeting by the sides.
The Turkish Minister got the invitation to the fifth International Silk Road Forum, which will be held in Tbilisi on October 22-23, from Mariam Kvrivishvili.
The Deputy Ministers of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Guram Guramishvili and Genadi Arveladze, as well as the Ambassador of Georgia to Turkey, Archil Kalandia also attended the meeting.
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