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China to Allocate Georgia Over $9Mln for Medicine Development

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The Chinese government will allocate Tbilisi $9.1 million to improve the health infrastructure, the Georgian Finance Ministry said in a statement on Friday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, Georgia's Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli signed an agreement on economic and technical cooperation.

Georgian national and EU flags projected on the wall of the Metekhi Church with a monument to Vakhtang I Gorgasali, a king of Iberia, right, during a concert marking the signing of the association with EU agreement in Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, June 27, 2014 - Sputnik International
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"Under the agreement, Beijing will allocate Tbilisi gratuitous aid amounting to 60 million yuan [$9.1 million]. The funds will be used to improve the health infrastructure in the regions of Georgia, where the outpatient and inpatient services will be introduced, the center of crisis intervention, as well a psycho-social rehabilitation department for children and adolescents," the statement read.

China is one of five major trading partners of Georgia. In February, the negotiations between the two countries were launched on the establishment of a free trade zone. The parties expect to finalize them by the end of the year.

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