Georgian Prime Minister sums up Eastern Partnership Summit

Georgia’s success has been pointed out unanimously, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said summarising today’s Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels, Belgium.

Having addressed the participants of the summit and met with a number of EU leaders, PM Kvirikashvili said "everyone emphasised how we are succeeding in the implementation of our ambitious reform agenda and the consolidation of democracy”.

It is our country’s paramount achievement lauded with one voice. Importantly, this format has proved as a tool enabling Georgia to take such important steps up to date as the Association Agreement, FTA, and visa liberalization”, Kvirikashvili said.

Stressing "we must take next, much more ambitious steps” Kvirikashvili said "we have a comprehensive reform plan for 2020, which will enable us to draw even closer to Europe". 

Our partners are committed maximally to assisting Georgia in this process because Georgia has achieved significant success. We must continue doing what we are doing because, when the window of opportunities opens for Georgia, our country must be ready”, PM Kvirikashvili added.

Explaining that Eastern Partnership brings together different countries, with each having its own pace and ambitions, Kvirikashvili said "we must prepare for the moment when Europe is ready to open its window of opportunity for Georgia, and we will be ready”.

At today's summit, heads of state or government from the EU member states and the six Eastern partner countries discussed the achievements and discuss how to further strengthen cooperation in the four priority areas agreed at the previous summit in Riga. Photo by PM's press office

Addressing EU leaders at the Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels, Belgium today, Kvirikashvili said that his country commits to undertake all reforms envisaged by its Association Agreement and to go beyond, because this is the expectation of the people of Georgia.