Close relations with the countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia, existing agreements with the European Union, and Georgia’s key position in the Middle Corridor all give our country a special significance both within the region and across the Eurasian continent, Mikheil Kavelashvili stated in his speech at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly.
As Mikheil Kavelashvili noted in his speech, thanks to its geographical location and pragmatic foreign policy, Georgia is emerging as a multidimensional and multifunctional regional hub, both in terms of trade and energy transit.
“Georgia is the shortest connecting route and a natural bridge between Europe and Asia, the West and the East. Thanks to our geographical location and pragmatic foreign policy, Georgia is emerging as a multidimensional and multifunctional regional hub, both in terms of trade and energy transit.
Georgia makes a significant contribution to the development of the Middle Corridor strategic route and does everything to ensure that the corridor becomes the safest, most reliable and most stable connecting route between East and West.
We are actively working with international investors, developing infrastructure and facilitating the creation of new energy transit routes, all of which ultimately enhance the connectivity between Asian and European markets,” said Mikheil Kavelashvili.
Kavelashvili also focused on the strategically important projects initiated by Georgia within the framework of the development of the Middle Corridor.
“Within the framework of the Middle Corridor and its development, Georgia has launched strategically significant projects aimed at increasing the volume and intensity of rail, sea and air transportation. Among them, the railway modernization project has already been completed, while work is actively underway on the deep-sea port in Anaklia, the new international airport in Tbilisi and the Black Sea submarine cable projects.
These projects, on the one hand, provide land-locked countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus with maritime connectivity to the rest of the world; on the other hand, the projects we are implementing help diversify energy routes, thereby significantly enhancing the energy security of Europe and the South Caucasus.
To promote the development of the Middle Corridor and enhance connectivity between the two largest markets, Asia and Europe, Georgia has been hosting the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum for eight years. It is an international platform for dialogue and new opportunities, attended by up to 2000 delegates from more than 60 countries,” Kavelashvili said.
Mikheil Kavelashvili: Georgia makes a significant contribution to the development of the Middle Corridor strategic route and does everything to ensure that the corridor becomes the safest, most reliable and most stable connecting route between East and West
