"Transport and digital corridors in the Black Sea region and the South Caucasus are currently of great importance to the European Union," Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said during a discussion at the Institute of International and European Affairs in Ireland, held within the framework of the 9th European Political Community Summit in Dublin, APA's local bureau reports.
According to him, amid the current geopolitical situation in the world, Georgia and the South Caucasus region remain Europe's only route to the East.
"From an economic perspective, maintaining close cooperation and strong ties between the European Union and Georgia is of exceptional importance for both Georgia and Europe. Georgia serves as a bridge to the Black Sea and, consequently, to the Western world, namely Europe, for seven landlocked countries. These include two landlocked countries in the South Caucasus, as well as five Central Asian countries," Kobakhidze added.
The Prime Minister emphasized that several important strategic projects already connect the region with Europe:
"For example, strategic pipelines that transport natural gas and oil from the Caspian Sea to European Union member states. These include the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline, which supplies natural gas to EU countries, and the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which supplies oil to European countries. These are just a few examples."
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