On September 1, 2016 Georgia hosted Mr. Michael Russ  vice-premier of Belarus and Belarusian business delegation representing various business sectors.

The governmnent of Azerbaijan has restricted movement for Georgian citizens at the Lagodekhi section of the Georgia-Azerbaijan border. Azerbaijan authorities said that the official reason for this facts is an activation of the law as per which cars manufactured prior to 2004 are not permitted to enter their country.

Maersk, the world's largest shipping company, announced on its website on May 26th that "the world's first eco-friendly methanol propulsion ship will be delivered from a Korean shipbuilder in June this year and will have a naming ceremony at its headquarters in Copenhagen in September."