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Nikolaishvili Visits Strasbourg

Wednesday, December 7
The Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia Ramaz Nikolaishvili visited Strasbourg on an official visit.

Nikolaishvili met with the General Secretary of the Council of Europe Torbyor Jagland at the first day of the visit. At the meeting the sides discussed reforms which have been implemented in Georgia for the purpose of establishing a European system of Regional Development and Local Governance. Jagland expressed his satisfaction with the successful implementation of the government reform and promised support for the process of phased implementation of the measures of the Regional Development Strategy for the years 2010-2107.

Nikolaishvili expressed his gratitude to Jagland for supporting the process of reforms and said that success in the area of local and regional development would have been impossible without international support. Such meetings are the best way to share experience and to make plans for future regional development, he said.