Poland ratifies EU-Georgia Association Agreement

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.

During the voting process, 439 Sejm members voted in favour of the ratification of the deal, zero were against it and one abstained from voting. 

Poland was the 13^th EU member state to ratify the EU-Georgia deal.

The AA deal was signed by Georgia and EU on June 27, 2014 in Brussels.

Georgia has already ratified the agreement. The ratification process is currently continuing in EU member states.

European Parliament approved the EU-Georgia deal on December 18, 2014.

Besides Poland, the 12 EU member states who have already ratified the important deal are Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, Estonia, Slovakia, Malta, Latvia, Lithuania and Bulgaria.

EU Association deal needs to be ratified by all 28 EU member countries before they can be fully implemented.