Georgian government has positive expectations ahead of NATO summit
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President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili addressed the head of the government, members of the cabinet, the parliamentary speaker and the Chief of General Staff at a security council meeting last night.
One of the major topics on the agenda was to discuss preparation works for the upcoming NATO summit to be held on July 11-12 in Brussels.
President Margvelashvili said he expects proper recognition of Georgia’s progress and an "important step forward” on the way towards NATO membership at the upcoming summit.
"Georgia will be represented at both high level events held with the participation of non-member countries - Resolute Support Mission and Regional Security meetings, which is an unprecedented achievement. The leaders of the NATO member countries will be discussing Georgia’s security. We request membership of NATO and any adequate step that would quicken this process. The logic behind the request is that NATO, as well as the region, will be more secure if Georgia becomes an alliance member,” President Margvelashvili said adding that Georgia has far more supporters on its way towards NATO than other aspirant countries did.
Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze has also expressed his hope that the partner countries are going to praise the progress made by Georgia at the summit.
"Our expectations are very positive. I think the final agenda clearly expresses our progress made by our country through the reforms carried out during the last few years. I am sure our partner countries will appreciate it,” PM Bakhtadze added.
Supportive statements regarding Georgia’s aspirations towards NATO have been made by several partner countries so far including US, Germany, and Estonia.
Moreover, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly has appealed to Alliance leaders to continue providing strong political and practical support to Georgia in the process of NATO integration and to advance the further political dimension of the country’s NATO membership process.
The US is going to support Georgia’s and Ukraine’s aspirations towards NATO membership at the upcoming summit in brussels planned for July 11-12.
Georgian officials expect Germany will positively assess Georgia’s progress on its way towards NATO integration at the organisation’s upcoming summit to be held in Brussels on July 11-12.
Georgia is one of the most active partners of NATO, Rosaria Puglisi NATO Liaison Officer in Georgia told journalists today while attending a presentation of a policy paper about NATO-Georgia relations by the ISFED and EPC.
Parliamentarians from the NATO nations have appealed for Alliance leaders on Monday to continue providing strong political and practical support to Georgia in the process of NATO integration and to advance the further political dimension of the country’s NATO membership process.
The Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and the Georgian delegation have left today for Brussels, Belgium, where they will attend the NATO summit on July 11-12.Margvelashvili travelled to Brussels from Turkey, where he had participated in the inauguration ceremony of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The NATO Brussels Summit today and yesterday condemned Russia’s illegal actions on the Georgian territory and vowed that the alliance will continue to work with the government of Georgia to prepare the country for the NATO membership.
The Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani told lawmakers today that all the expectations of the government of Georgia have been met during the NATO summit over the past two days.