President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili opened the International Congress "Women's Health in the Healthy World” at “Sheraton Metekhi Palace “ hotel in Batumi today.

Zurabishvili said that medical tourism is important for Georgia and medicine is a “historic direction” for the country.

“Tourism a priority direction for the economy, and conference tourism and medical tourism are important types of tourism. I would say this is a historical direction. We need to develop medical tourism in this country, develop our resorts, which are in different regions of the country. This is a great potential for Georgia, which will take its place on the world map in the next years as one of the important countries with rehabilitation and recreational resorts. We all have to work together on this. The fact that such large-scale forums are held in the country is a serious step forward in this regard. I want to wish you success in this two-day meeting. I wish you to exchange a lot of information and all this to become a guarantee to make even greater progress in the field of healthcare, "Zurabishvili said.

The President of Georgia also talked about the role of women and noted that women leaders are becoming stronger and stronger in the modern world.

“Today's female leaders are more and more powerful in the world. I can not but say that today the female candidate, former German Defense Minister, is nominated to the post of the chief of the EU Commissioner. I hope very much that she will be elected by the European Parliament. Moreover, the European Bank president is becoming a woman, former head of the Monetary Fund.

This is not a small step for all of us who are here today, who think about the role of women in the world tomorrow, women's health and the role of women in health policy. This is a very big progress for us. We will do great things together, "Zurabishvili said.

The congress - "Women's Health in the Healthy World” is organized by the Georgian Dental Association and the Women Dentists Worldwide.