On November 18-19, 2011, Intergovernmental Commission Meeting of Economic Cooperation of Georgia-Armenia was held in Batumi.
On November 18, the Prime Minister of Georgia, Nika Gilauri, met with the Prime Minister of Republic of Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan, who had arrived in Batumi to participate in the Commission meeting. After the meeting, the Prime Minister of Georgia point
ed out that "Armenia is one of the main partners of Georgia."
"Trade turnover between us has grown by 40%. Greatest number of tourists arrives from Armenia to Georgia. We have a very good political relations and very important economic relations. (At the meeting) we have talked about several energy projects, transit perspectives, transport," pointed out Nika Gilauri.
On November 19, during the Intergovernmental Commission Meeting of Economic Cooperation of 
Georgia-Armenia, the two parties discussed cooperation issues in trade, economic, transport, communication, tourism, customs and other fields. After the plenary meeting, ceremony of signing protocol of the Intergovernmental Commission Meeting of Economic Cooperation of Georgia-Armenia was held.
"I would like to thank everyone very much, who has been working on this protocol for two years. Armenian and Georgian experts have worked very well. 19 different types of issues are included in the protocol: economic, social, bilateral projects, economic projects...
As for customs issues, it concerns joint management of customs office. We have already implemented such project in Sarpi, at the border of Turkey. This is very effective; it takes twice as little time to cross the border and pass customs procedures. We are implementing a similar project at the border of Armenia," declared the Prime Minister of Georgia after signing the protocol of the Intergovernmental Commission Meeting of Economic Cooperation of Georgia-Armenia.
Prime Minister's Press-Service