President of Coca-Cola Bottlers Georgia Ltd., Temur Chkonia, has obtained a license for opening McDonald’s in Armenia, Kommersant reports. 

In the businessman’s words, McDonald's Georgia is already considered as McDonald's partner and thus has an opportunity—based on a mutual contract— to enter a country which lacks this restaurant chain.

According to Chkonia, the delegation of McDonald's Georgia will visit Armenia on Tuesday. Within the framework of the visit, it will be decided where exactly the restaurant will be constructed, as well as issues related to the land allocation.

“Merely the obtainment of the license doesn’t mean that McDonald's Georgia is already built. We have much more serious work to do now. It is necessary to settle the legal matters,” the businessman said.

In his words, the direct construction of the restaurant will by all means start in Yerevan during the current year. At the initial stage it is planned to open 3-4 restaurants, the opening of one facility costing about 2,5-3 million euro, he said.

The first McDonald's Georgia was opened in Georgia in 1999. Currently, the chain is represented in Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batumi and Zugdidi. In early September 2016, a new McDonald's branch was also opened in Rustavi.