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Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development reported that the Minister Giorgi Kobulia discussed the EU-Georgia trade relations with European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom.

The meeting was held in Brussels, within the first informal ministerial of the deep and comprehensive free trade agreements (DCFTA) with participation of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.

Within his visit to Brussels (where the first informal ministerial of the deep and comprehensive free trade agreements (DCFTA) is held), Georgia’s Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Giorgi Kobulia met European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn.

As Kobulia declared, among other issues, the parties considered support to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Georgia’s Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze, being with visit in the US, declared at the meeting with representatives of business circles in Washington DC that “We want to see investments of bigger number of the American companies in Georgia”.

As press service of the Premier said, strategic partnership between Georgia and the US was emphasized at the meeting.

Georgia’s Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Giorgi Kobulia responded today to media publications about energy research of the World Bank (WB) and declared: “Information that, allegedly, electricity tariffs will catastrophically change as a result of construction of hydroelectric stations, is the clearest type of lie and sees manipulative deception of the population”.

According to the Minister, “In fact, experts of the WB prepared about a year ago recommendations of working character, which were intended for internal use and were not the final conclusion”.

Getting certificates of state civil aviation specialists becomes simpler, Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development declared. Rules of aviation specialists’ certification are already respectively amended, the Ministry pointed.

“We made the decision to postpone for one year enactment of the order, which restricts import/export of wheat or flour by motor transport through customs territory of Georgia”, Georgia’s Finance Minister Ivane Machavariani declared.

In particular, the order is postponed until October 1, 2019, Machavariani pointed, while stressed that “whether restriction will be seasonal or of other type in future”, is a subject of negotiations.

Envelopes with offers, submitted at the international tender on construction of Khevi-Ubisa road section (near Rikoti Pass), are opened, Georgian Roads Department reported. The offers were submitted by 10 companies.

Georgian National Communication Commission declared that winner of auction, announced on license for use of radio-frequency range, is LLC Geocell. That mobile operator was the only participant of the auction.

At the Parliament’s plenary session yesterday, MP Nato Chkheidze declared about leaving of Alliance of Patriots.

Chkheidze pointed that for the last two weeks, “very painful events” have developed around Omega Group and its member broadcasting company Iberia, which caused indignation in public and among opposition parties, and stated: “Against the background of this common spirit, unfortunately, I did not hear a voice of Alliance of Patriots anywhere”.

In Georgia, competition of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) “Meliora 2018” is announced. Applications are accepted through October 5.