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29.07.11 - 04.08.11

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Georgian - Polish Business Forum promises even closer ties

Author: By Tamar Khurtsia

Bronislaw Komorowski, the President of Poland, and a key high level Polish official opened the Polish-Georgian business forum on July 27. The forum aims to discuss opportunities for development projects, growth in exports and foreign direct investments.

In total, more than fifty delegates representing energy, construction, insurance, finance, food production and the engineering industry fields visited Georgia to share their experience and present investment plans with their Georgian colleagues.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Komorowski, highlighted the importance of developing economic and political relations between the two countries. “The friendship between Georgia and Poland is priceless […] we have to strive to achieve even more free markets in a time of democracy which is a difficult process but attainable.”

According to Komorowski, Poland is ready for closer economic cooperation with Georgia. He also encouraged Georgian businesses to list their companies stocks on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE). The WSE is one of the biggest stock exchanges in central Europe where international companies are traded.

Nika Gilauri, the Prime Minister of Georgia underscored in his speech, Poland’s active lobbyist role in the international arena, especially in the European Union and some factors that “are the premise for developing the mutual business cooperation between the countries.”

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Polish President on first official visit to Georgia

Author: By Nino Edilashvili

Polish President Bronislav Komorowski paid a two-day official visit to Georgia within the South Caucasus tour. He arrived in Batumi, the coastal city of the Adjara Autonomous Republic from Azerbaijan on July 26 where he met with his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Saakashvili.

The meeting with Saakashvili lasted for an hour, longer than it was initially planned, according to local TV channels. Then the visit continued to Tbilisi where Komorowski attended the Polish-Georgian business forum.

After the meeting with Komorowski, Saakashvili spoke about the importance of the friendship between Poland and Georgia, noting that the Georgian people have an ambition of being dubbed as the “most pro-Polish” people.

“A strong Poland, one of the key members of the European Union, is decisive for all those countries in the region, which have Euro-Atlantic aspirations,” Saakashvili said, adding that he was impressed with Poland’s foreign policy, which has allowed the country to play an important role on the international stage.

Since Georgia’s independence, Poland has been one of their key strategic partners in Europe, especially under President Lech Kaczynski. Poland, in particular, has played an important role in supporting Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations.

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