Lithuania ratifies Georgia’s EU association deal
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Parliament of Lithuania has ratified Association Agreements (AA) of the European Union (EU) with Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite announced the news on her Twitter page earlier today.
"LTU Parliament has just ratified EU AA with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine! Best wishes to these countries on their European way!,” she wrote.
The AA deals were signed by the three countries and EU representatives in Brussels on June 27.
"The EU Association Agreements with Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova is the most reliable instrument for the transformation and modernization of these countries,” Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said before the ratification.
"To use it effectively we have to ratify the agreements as soon as possible. I am delighted that Lithuania succeeded to begin this procedure so soon.”
Lithuanian opposition leader Andrius Kubilius proposed to allocate money from the country’s budget to finance education in Lithuania for Georgian, Ukrainian and Moldovan students.
EU association deals need to be ratified by all 28 EU countries before they can be fully implemented.
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Parliament of Latvia has unanimously ratified European Union (EU) Association Agreements (AA) with Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.
A European Commission high official and Foreign Ministers of several countries will attend the ratification of Georgia’s European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA) on July 18.
Bulgaria is the latest country to ratify the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA).
From today Georgia is able to export its products to the European Union’s (EU) marketplace, which boasts a population of 500 million, with no custom tariffs.
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The European Parliament is ready to ratify the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA) by the beginning of December, says a Georgian official.
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius believed if Europe stood in Khurvaleti, a Georgian village located at the border of the breakaway Tskhinvali region in 2008 during the Russia-Georgia war, further violations would not happen.
Hungary’s National Assembly’s ratification of the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA) deal has come into force after the country’s President Janos Ader signed the document yesterday.
Ireland is the latest country to ratify the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA), that was signed in June last year.
Poland is the latest country to ratify the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
The official ratification process took place today in the Polish Sejm - the lower house of the country's Parliament.
Croatia has completed the ratification process of the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA) after the country’s president signed the final document.
The Senate of Czech Republic has completed the procedure for ratifying the Association Agreement (AA) made between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
The German Bundestag (parliament) has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
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