The Republic of Turkey is the number one trade partner for Georgia, and we discussed how our partnership can be further deepened. Such a statement the Prime Minister of Georgia made at a joint briefing with the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

“I have provided Mr. President with information regarding the processes that will take place in our country from different points of view. We also discussed the processes taking place in the Middle East. It was noted that Georgia supports the idea of the need to establish peace in the Middle East, which can be achieved through negotiations with the support of the international community.

Taking into account the current processes in the modern world, we made a special emphasis on the prospects of deepening regional, trade-economic and transport-energy cooperation. In this context, the importance of transit function, connectivity was especially noted.

Turkey is the number one trade partner for Georgia and we discussed how our partnership can be further deepened. We see great potential for further deepening of bilateral trade relations. We also had a conversation about the importance of exports from Georgia and bilateral trade in general”, - said Irakli Kobakhidze.