Beniamin Mailyan
vol. VIII(1)
Pages 63-75
Abstract: The article considers the characteristics and key aspects of
cooperation between Georgia and China. It celebrates the success of
these countries in the institutionalization of economic contacts, which is
the core of Beijing's initiative to form a pool around its project,
“Economic Zone — the new Silk Road”. At the same time, it
emphasizes that the potential for cooperation between the Georgian and
Chinese sides has only just started gaining momentum. Its rapid
development in the near future promises to change the configuration of
some of Georgia's foreign policy doctrine, which is now focused
exclusively on the Western community of nations. The country of the
Golden Fleece is clearly looking at themselves as the main partner of
China in the South Caucasus region. The active participation of the
Georgian side in the implementation of China's geo-economic models in
the near future promises to make the issue of accession of Georgia to
NATO and the EU not as relevant as it is today. Georgia's foreign
policy strategy will be influenced by agreements signed in the
framework of the partnership between China and Russia on the multivector
model of transportation of goods and resources within the
framework of the convergence of the Eurasian Economic Union and the
Silk Road Economic Belt.
Keywords: Georgia, China, cooperation, transit corridor, alternative
project, economic zone
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