Foreign Minister Paet Met with Georgian Prime Minister
30.03.2008
Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet met with Georgian Prime Minister Vladimer Gurgenidze, in Tallinn on a visit, on Sunday, 30 March.
The ministers spoke about development co-operation, Georgia’s opportunities regarding NATO and the European Union, and the frozen conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Gurgenidze and Paet felt that in future development co-operation, more attention should be given to small businesses and increasing business-related knowledge. “Improving the quality of leadership and financial skills in small businesses would help to strengthen Georgia’s economy as a whole,” Paet noted. Georgia is one of Estonia’s primary development co-operation partners. Priority areas of co-operation are supporting the educational sector, developing democracy as well as good administrative practices and, and supporting economic development.
Gurgenidze and Paet also talked about Georgia’s NATO perspective. The Estonian foreign minister confirmed that Estonia supports the idea of giving a NATO Membership Action Plan to Georgia during the Buchrest summit. “In any case, Georgia must be given a clear signal during the Bucharest summit, which will encourage the nation to continue its NATO-related endeavours,” the foreign minister added.
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