EU, Eastern Partnership foreign ministers make plans for Brussels Summit
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Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze participated in a meeting of foreign ministers from the European Union (EU) Member States and Eastern Partnership countries in Tallinn, Estonia yesterday.
The non-formal discussion centred on practical steps for increasing resilience in cooperation between the EU and Eastern Partnership countries, particularly through strengthening security cooperation.
"It is important that we have been invited by Estonia, as a Council of the EU presidency holder, and foreign minister from the Eastern Partnership countries are given an opportunity to discuss future steps in an open and non-formal format with EU foreign ministers”, Janelidze said.
He added that within the Eastern Partnership, countries enjoy a different pace of development and integration, but it is important that the unity is maintained as all of these countries have shared goals.
The talks also focused on plans for the fifth Eastern Partnership Summit that will take place in Brussels on 24 November.
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) is an initiative of the EU governing its relationship with the post-Soviet states of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, intended to provide an avenue for discussions of trade, economic strategy, travel agreements, and other issues between the EU and its Eastern European neighbours.
At the mtg w/@sebastiankurz discussed dynamic bilat.relations,#GEO's #EUintegr process, upcoming #EaP & @OSCE Ministerials pic.twitter.com/5kazxVR2b5
— Mikheil Janelidze (@JanelidzeMkh) September 7, 2017
While in Tallinn, Janelidze is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with European foreign Ministers. He have already met with his Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz who confirmed his country’s firm support for Georgia’s European aspirations.
Thanks @JanelidzeMkh for updating on conflict in #Georgia; #OSCE supporting concrete steps to enhance people’s everyday life on all sides. pic.twitter.com/Tn6IXEwhne
— Sebastian Kurz (@sebastiankurz) September 7, 2017
Foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei told his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Janelidze in Minsk that "Georgia with its regional transit functions and infrastructural and energy projects may become increasingly interesting to Belarus.”
The Visegrad Group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) reaffirms its strong support for the Eastern Partnership and considers it a key factor in the stability of Eastern Europe.
The Eastern Partnership countries play a significant role in ensuring the economic, energetic and physical security of the European Union, says Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze.
Georgian State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Victor Dolidze and Deputy Foreign Minister Vakhtang Makharoblishvili have participated in the Georgia-Moldova-Ukraine trilateral consultations in the field of European integration.
Georgian, Ukrainian and Moldavian foreign ministers, of the countries’ who enjoy association deals with the EU, met in Tallinn, Estonia today to agree on various issues ahead of the planned Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit in Brussels on November 24.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili will take part in the upcoming fifth Eastern Partnership Summit (EaP) in Brussels, Belgium on November 24.
Kvirikashvili has been officially invited by the President of the European Council Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas.
Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikheil Janelidze has met foreign ministers of Poland and Sweden in Tbilisi, and described the arrival as a "clear signal of support” ahead of the EU’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit scheduled for November 24.
Building stronger relations between the European Union (EU) and its Eastern Partners will lead to better lives for the people in our countries, say the Polish and Swedish foreign ministers.