Polish Senate ratifies EU-Georgia Association Agreement

The upper house of the Parliament of Poland (the Senate) has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) made between Georgia and the European Union (EU).

Poland is the 13^th EU member state to ratify the important EU-Georgia agreement.

A month ago, on February 6, the lower house of the country's Parliament (the Polish Sejm) ratified the deal.

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

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

EU Association deals must be ratified by all 28 EU member countries before they can be fully implemented.

Countries that have ratified the Georgia-EU deal are: Poland, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, Estonia, Slovakia, Malta, Latvia, Lithuania and Bulgaria.

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