Saakashvili participates in investment forum in NY
23.09.11 10:20
President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili attended the international investment forum held in New York on Thursday, where the representatives of largest investment companies were present. The participants of the forum discussed the investment projects that were implemented in Georgia and those, which are still underway in the country that made Georgia attractive place for investments.
The forum was organized by the Leader Connection and the SolkRoad Transatlantic Alliance companies. President of Georgia was awarded by the president of the Verizon Company with a special award for business development.
The business authorities also discussed the projects which the billionaire businessman, Donald Trump plans to implement in Georgia`s seaside resort of Adjara.
At the end of the forum, the representative of Georgia Silkroad Group and the president of the National Geographic signed an agreement, according to which one of the most popular scientific magazine will be published on Georgian language.
Former governor of Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region Mr. Tsezar Chocheli has been detained on charges of legalization of illicit income and illegal involvement in entrepreneurial activities.
Georgia`s Foreign Minister Mrs. Maia Panjikidze has confirmed that Prime Ministers of Georgia and Russia, Bidzina Ivanishvili and Dmitri Medvedev had today a brief conversation in Davos, where they are attending World Economic Forum.
Minister of Finance of Georgia Nodar Khaduri has downplayed the concerns of the United National Movement secretary general about the danger of financial and economic crisis.
Secretary general of the United National Movement Vano Merabishvili is concerned about the political regress in the country - Merabishvili presented specific numbers of economic turnover in the country, which he said was obtained by economic experts from various sources.
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