Baku, March 3, AZERTAC

The Caspian European Club has organized a regular CEO Brunch Baku event where Ambassador of Georgia to Azerbaijan Zurab Pataradze and Mayor of the city of Batumi Lasha Komakhidze participated as honorable guests.

The Georgian ambassador has welcomed the CEO Brunch Baku participants and told about numerous joint projects which Georgia and Azerbaijan are implementing. “We are very pleased that it is Azerbaijan which acts as a major investor in Georgia. There are very many Azerbaijani companies operating in Georgia and we would like Georgian companies to be also represented on the Azerbaijani market,” he said.

Speaking about Batumi, the ambassador noted very attractive conditions aimed at tourism development and provided in Ajara. The ambassador also emphasized historical ties between Baku and Batumi, and reminded the CEO Brunch Baku participants that the first oil produced by the Nobel brothers had been transported via Batumi port.

The mayor of Batumi held a detailed presentation about investment opportunities and spoke about a new development strategy of Batumi. The event participants were informed about opportunities of winter tourism in Ajara, which makes Batumi a year around resort. It was noted that this is the first ski resort in the region, built on basis of the general layout, which lets tourists take a full dip into the holiday atmosphere without any concern over an imperfect infrastructure.

“At CEO Brunch Baku, top managers and representatives of the member companies of the Caspian European Club had an opportunity to ask questions which were of interest to them, and discuss possibilities of implementation of business projects in Georgia, including Batumi. After CEO Brunch Baku was over, the companies had an opportunity to associate with the mayor of Batumi in the bilateral format,” Telman Aliyev said.

The CEO Brunch format lets companies communicate with one another in an informal setting and establish much closer contacts with partners. In addition to Baku, CEO Brunch is held on monthly basis in Tbilisi and Almaty.

Bringing together over 5,000 companies and organizations from 50 countries, the Caspian European Club was established in June 2002. The head office of the Caspian European Club is in Baku. The Caspian European Club has official representative offices in Georgia and Kazakhstan, and also authorized representatives in the USA, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Uzbekistan and Latvia.