Tbilisi (GBC) - Minister of Finance Lasha Khutsishvili and National Bank President Natia Turnava held a wrap-up meeting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Alejandro Heidenberg. At the meeting, the parties discussed fiscal and monetary policy issues, the current situation in the country’s economy, and medium-term forecasts.
The mission noted Georgia’s high economic growth dynamics, as well as the decline in the unemployment rate, and highlighted the country’s stable macroeconomic indicators. The mission expects the Eurobond refinancing to proceed smoothly next year.
The Mission also welcomes the Government’s intention to implement the reform of state-owned enterprises, within the framework of which significant progress has been achieved in terms of fiscal risk management and financial supervision of state-owned enterprises.
The meeting discussed the negotiations envisaged under the IMF’s Articles of Agreement (Article IV), which are scheduled for March 2026.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Ministers of Finance Giorgi Kakauridze and Ekaterine Guntsadze, Vice Presidents of the National Bank Ekaterine Mikabadze and Ekaterine Galdava, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Vakhtang Tsintsadze, and representatives of the National Bank and the IMF Mission.
