Irakli Garibashvili to deliver a speech as an honored guest at the SPECA Economic Forum in Azerbaijan. Such a statement made today the Georgian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Zurab Pataradze.

“The visit of Prime Minister to Baku and his participation in the Economic Forum of the United Nations Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) will give additional impetus to strengthening Georgia-Azerbaijan relations/ President Ilham Aliyev invited him to the forum as an Honourable Guest.

The Prime Minister will hold a bilateral meeting with Ilham Aliyev to discuss political, trade-economic, and cultural-humanitarian issues.

Among the issues will be the renewable energy and the Black Sea Submarine Electric Cable projects, which will contribute to energy security and export to European countries. The PM will highlight transport corridor-related logistic issues and will stress the significance of expanding and completing the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project”, - said Zurab Pataradze.

The Prime Minister of Georgia will attend today the Baku Economic Forum of the United Nations Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia. He will deliver a speech at the Summit of Heads of State scheduled within the scope of the forum, which this year is chaired by Azerbaijan and marks the SPECA’s 25th anniversary.