Pawel Herczynski: 'We Are Here to Support Trade Union Through South Caucasus That Connects EU and Central Asia'
By Liza Mchedlidze
Monday, February 13, 2023
EU Ambassador to Georgia Pawel Herczynski attended the annual regular meeting of the Organization's Intergovernmental Commission's 16th session in Tbilisi.
"The European Union supports connectivity, and that is why we are happy to participate in the annual meeting of TRACECA, as it is an international organization that connects Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia," Herczynski said.
The EU Ambassador to Georgia said that for the international community, transport connections are one of the main challenges for the countries, and the organization wishes to contribute to the connection of the European Union, the South Caucasus and Central Asia with the global gateway strategy.
Pawel Herczynski stated that the European Union supports a sustainable transport network, both railway and road - from the European Union through the South Caucasus, Georgia and to Central Asia.
"This is important especially now, in today's reality - in the conditions of Russia's unjustified and unprovoked aggression towards Ukraine, the role of the Middle Corridor is growing, and we are here to support the trade union through the South Caucasus, which connects the European Union and Central Asia", said the EU Ambassador to Georgia.
Georgia is the chairing country of the TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission for 1 year starting, February 11, 2023.
The delegations of the countries participating in the session, among other important issues, discussed the development of multimodal and maritime transport, promotion of border crossing procedures and other topical issues related to the development of the TRACECA corridor.
