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Europe to supply Asian countries with olive products through Georgia

Business Materials 4 July 2020 10:34 (UTC +04:00)
Europe to supply Asian countries with olive products through Georgia

BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 4

By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:

Europe will supply Asian countries with products made from olives through Georgia, which will help the country to attract more investments, develop olive industry and sell olive production, said President of the International Olive Council (IOC) Giorgi Svanidze, Trend reports via the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia.

He made the remark at the first online session of the International Olive Council (IOC), which brought together representatives of more than 45 countries.

Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia Levan Davitashvili and Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Khatia Tsilosani also participated at the online session.

At the meeting, while addressing the participants, the minister outlined the importance of the International Council, as a platform contributing to the development of the sector.

Georgia became a member of the International Olive Council in 2019. In the same year, it was officially named the President of the International Olive Council for 2020.

"I am happy that Georgia has been accepted as a family member of the International Olive Council since 2019. Tbilisi would willingly host the council meeting, if there was not the coronavirus pandemic. Hopefully, we will have an opportunity to host a meeting of the Council in the capital city of Georgia next year," said Davitashvili.

The minister noted that one of the main priorities of Georgian government is to enhance new economic opportunities. The cultivation of olive plantations will play a key role in supporting economic growth of the country, thus contributing to boosting local employment.

The importance of beneficial properties of olives and its byproducts was outlined by Tsilosani, who also noted that olive groves are regarded as an environmentally-favorable crops with a unique capacity to promote the restoration of degraded soil and at the same time, reducing adverse effects of climate change.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the issues related to the production and sale of olive products, as well as future plans have been brought forward by participants at the meeting. The International Olive Council named Georgia as the third hub in Europe.

The International Olive Council was established in 1959 in Madrid, Spain. The IOC aims to support the primary production and export of olives.

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