Vestnik Kavkaza | 28 June 2016

Georgia and EFTA sign Free Trade Agreement

Georgia signed free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in Bern on June 27.

The signing took place on the sideline of Georgian PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili’s two-day official visit to Switzerland, which started on Monday, and on the margins of EFTA ministerial meeting.

EFTA is made up of Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, who are not the EU members. Georgia has deep and comprehensive free trade agreement with the EU.

The free trade agreement will enter into force after completion of the necessary internal procedures for ratification by the parties, Civil.ge reports.