Daily News September 25, 2023	Days:  19 20 21 22 25

politics

GEORGIAN PREMIER: WE EXPRESS FULL SOLIDARITY TO UKRAINIAN PEOPLE

We fully empathize with the pain and need that Ukraine is now experiencing and express our full solidarity to the Ukrainian people, declared Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, speaking during debates at the 78^th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The conflict in Ukraine reminds again of Georgia’s military trauma of 2008 (the Russian-Georgian war), he said.




GEORGIAN PREMIER: OUR MERITS DESERVE POSITIVE DECISION OF THE EU

Our merits deserve a positive decision of the EU (regarding assignment of membership candidate status), said Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, speaking during debates at the 78^th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

According to the Premier, among the countries of the “associated trio” (Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova), “Georgia, in the rank of leader, has earned the status of a candidate for the EU.”

“We expect that Georgia’s indicative results and geopolitical context, existing in the region, will be fairly estimated”, Garibashvili said and emphasized that “assigning Georgia of the candidate status is the only way!”

economics

GEORGIAN PREMIER: GEORGIA-INITIATED PROJECT OF BLACK SEA UNDERWATER CABLE CONSTRUCTION IS BEING ALREADY IMPLEMENTED

Currently, implementation of the EU’s flagship project on construction of the Black Sea underwater cable, which was initiated by Georgia, is already underway, declared Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, speaking during debates at the 78^th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

This project envisages construction of underwater high-voltage transmission line, connecting the South Caucasus with South-East Europe, the Premier reminded.




GEORGIAN PREMIER: CONSTRUCTION OF ANAKLIA PORT IS THE MAIN PRIORITY OF MY GOVERNMENT

Construction of the deep-water port in Anaklia is the main priority of my government, said Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, speaking during debates at the 78^th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Construction will begin in the near future, he said.




KUTAISI AIRPORT RECEIVED MILLIONTH PASSENGER

On September 24, Kutaisi Airport received millionth passenger for this year, declared the state-owned LLC Georgian Airports Association, which runs the airport.

As the LLC specified, a millionth passenger appeared German citizen, 36-year-old Peter Gotzinger.

business

IN Q2, PROFIT OF “CARTU BANK” DECREASED BY 15.7% Y-O-Y

Georgia’s Cartu Bank reported net profit of 17.1 million lari for the 2^nd quarter. If compared to the same period of 2022, the volume has decreased by 15.7%.




“VTB BANK GEORGIA” RECORDED PROFIT IN Q2 TOO

VTB Bank Georgia reported net profit of 14.96 million lari for the 2^nd quarter. In the same period of 2022, the bank had loss of 91.5 million lari.




IN Q2, LOSS OF “PAYSERA GEORGIA” AMOUNTED TO 955,141 LARI

Paysera Georgia, the only purely digital bank of Georgia, reported loss of 955,141 lari for the 2^nd quarter. In the same period of 2022, the bank had loss of 91.5 million lari.