Economic Cooperation

  • In order to promote economic, trade and investment relations, as early as December 2020, the ministers of economy of the two countries made a decision regarding the start of negotiations on a free trade agreement. Moreover, on May 9, 2022, a document on the terms of negotiations for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement was signed between the United Arab Emirates and Georgia.
  • A joint council was established between the chambers of commerce in the two countries in 2022.
  • On October 10, 2023, in Dubai, the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement was signed between the United Arab Emirates and Georgia. 
  • The United Arab Emirates is one of the largest investor countries in Georgia and this trend is increasing every year. In 2003-2022 over 1,1 billion US dollars came to Georgia from the United Arab Emirates. 
  • Number of passengers carried by direct regular flights between Georgia and the United Arab Emirates in January 2024 amounted to 47 084 passengers, which is by 17,1% more than in the same number compared to the same period of 2023. 4 airlines fly daily from the United Arab Emirates to Georgia with a frequency of 37 flights a week, which was also reflected in the passenger flow - in 2023, by 24% more passengers arrived from the United Arab Emirates to Georgia than in 2022.