Georgia will have their economic envoys in seven countries worldwide starting from 2020, Georgian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Khvtisiashvili said.
"Economic envoys of Georgia are to operate in the US, Germany, Turkey, China, Japan, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom,” he said.
Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already announced a public competition to fill a vacancy of economic envoy.
Some 50 people are competing for seven vacant places. Members of a specially created commission are to hold an interview with candidates, as soon as they are selected, NewsGeorgia reported.
The candidates selection process is to be done by fall, then the selected candidates are to undergo training. Only after that, by 2020, they are to start operating. Currently, in each Georgian Embassy there is a commercial attaché.
