NBG President meets with Astana International Financial Centre delegation

National Bank of Georgia President Natia Turnava met with Renat Bekturov, Governor of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), and a delegation from the Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA).

The Kazakh delegation is visiting Georgia as part of the Tbilisi Financial Summit.

According to the National Bank of Georgia, the meeting focused on deepening financial cooperation between Georgia and Kazakhstan, developing capital markets and strengthening financial ties between the two countries.

“Turnava highlighted the development of Georgia’s capital market, the growth of the corporate bond market and the expansion of investment opportunities. The discussion also covered cooperation between the National Bank of Georgia, the Astana International Financial Centre and the Astana Financial Services Authority, including efforts to facilitate mutual access to securities markets,” the National Bank said.

Cooperation between the National Bank of Georgia and AFSA has been ongoing for several years. A memorandum of understanding signed between the two institutions provides for cooperation in supervision and information exchange. A new framework for mutual access to securities markets aims to promote financial services and market cooperation between Georgia and the Astana International Financial Centre.

The participants expressed their readiness to deepen cooperation and develop joint initiatives.

The meeting was also attended by Talgat Aduov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Georgia.