German gov’t increases financial support for Eastern Partnership states
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The Government of Germany will increase financial support for the programmes of the Eastern Partnership states from the current amount of €14 million to €17 million, announced Dirk Wiese, the Coordinator for Intersocietal Cooperation with Russia, Central Asia and the Eastern Partnership Countries of the Foreign Ministry of Germany.
Wiese stated today at a Friedrich Ebert Foundation organised event "Georgia is Striving to Europe” that the country has a "very clear vision” about its European future.
It is welcomed that the government of Georgia has a very clear vision about Georgia’s future and that the country is striving towards Europe. The Government of Germany supports the way Georgia has chosen. It is exciting that more than 90 percent of the Georgian people support the country’s European integration,” Wiese stated.
.@DirkWiese4#Germany at the @FESonline event "#Georgia going West": share strong & good relationship. We have high exchange on political level, we are increasing budget for coop. btw Eastern Partnership countires -very good signal for future coop. possibilities pic.twitter.com/shGJZGc9mH
— MFA of Georgia (@MFAgovge) July 3, 2018
Wiese said that Georgia has a strong civil sector which is actively involved in the state development process.
He spoke about the importance of the Georgia-EU visa waiver for the enhancement of people-to-people relations.
Wiese praised Georgia for its steps to remove possible threats for its visa-free travel in the Schengen Zone.
Wiese positively evaluated Georgia’s economic policy and the country’s intentions to settle conflicts peacefully.
The Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani is scheduled to complete his trip in Germany on July 5.
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a joint initiative involving the EU, its member states and six Eastern European Partners: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
The Eastern Partnership aims at building a common area of shared democracy, prosperity, stability and increased cooperation.
The Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has welcomed the initiative of the government of Germany to take further steps of cooperation with the countries of the Eastern Partnership which have European values and a European approach to statehood.
The Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani will hold his first official meeting in the post with his German counterpart Heiko Maas. Zalkaliani stated today that the meeting will concern bilateral relations and regional challenges, as well as Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations.
The Government of Georgia is keeping a close eye on a recent Russian law change and is ready to take legal action against the domineering country if the new law negatively impacts Georgia.
Germany is discussing the issue of listing Georgia in the category of safe countries, Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani, who is in Luxemburg to participate in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) ministerial, has stated today that Georgia has been recognised as an EaP leader country which has shown genuine progress on its EU path.
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) ministerial was held in Luxemburg yesterday, where Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani once again emphasized that his country’s ultimate goal is EU membership.
One hundred young European Ambassadors from the EU and its six Eastern partner countries- Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine are gathering this week in Brussels to celebrate the achievements of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) in the past decade.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has stated at a meeting of the Visegrad Four and the foreign ministers of the Eastern Partnership in Bratislava on Monday that Georgia is the leader of the EU Eastern Partnership format and the achievements Georgia has made over the course of past 10 years are recognised by its partners.
Ten years have passed since the creation of the EU Eastern Partnership format, uniting six Eastern European countries: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine to support democracy, prosperity and stability in the region.