 In April 2011 the Abkhazian government announced that it had reached an agreement with Israeli companies to develop the country's mineral-industry sector.Global CST company has promised to provide Abkhazia with non-offensive military technologies, security equipment, and medicine, as well as to invest in the agricultural sector, tourism, and mining.According to a 2007 report by US-based organisation Freedom House, the region continues to suffer considerable economic problems owing to widespread corruption, the control by criminal organisations of large segments of the economy, and the continuing effects of the war.