The Minister of Finance of Georgia, Lasha Khutsishvili, met with a delegation of French enterprises headed by the largest French business union (MEDEF) in Georgia.
The Ministry of Finance of Georgia shared the glimpses of the meeting on its official Facebook Page on February 23, 2026, Monday. The Georgian Ministry also shared a small note about the meeting, along with its glimpses.
During the meeting, both sides highlighted the importance of strengthening economic partnership and encouraging foreign investment. They also discussed opportunities for expanding cooperation between Georgian and French companies in various sectors, including infrastructure, energy, and trade.
The parties reviewed the issues of cooperation between the two countries. The Minister of Finance introduced the guests to the country’s macroeconomic and fiscal parameters and medium-term forecasts. On the French side, the minister introduced the conditions of high economic growth, in light of strict fiscal policy, current investment policy, ongoing and planned major infrastructure projects, and reforms.
Also, under the government’s debt management strategy, sources of sovereign investment funding and tools from multilateral and bilateral partners were emphasized. The talk was about the government’s successful placement of eurobonds refinances on the London stock market.
As the Minister noted, Georgia, under high economic growth, prudent fiscal and monetary policies, could maintain high economic growth, which will contribute to the country’s further progress despite high capital expenditure and the implementation of important investment projects.
The meeting focused on transit/energy projects of regional importance involving Georgia, including ongoing and planned road, rail, and port projects for mid-corridor connectivity.
The guests expressed interest, as well as generally ongoing initiatives, readiness to cooperate in specific new projects, and the desire to further develop French-Georgian economic opportunities.
The meeting was attended by the Ministry of Finance, Ekaterine Guntsadze, Deputy Minister of Finance, and Head of the State Debt Management Department Irakli Kacharava.
