Georgian parliament hosting seventh EU-Georgia association committee
The members of Parliamentary Association Committee at the meeting with Archil Talakvadze(left),leader of majority of the Parliament. Photo: Parliament’s press office
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The seventh meeting of the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee (PAC) is being held in Tbilisi on September 18-19.
Chaired by UK MEP Sajjad Karim and Chair of the Georgian Parliament Committee for European Integration Tamar Khulordava, the committee meeting is discussing the Georgia-EU relationship, the implementation of the Association Agreement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), democratic processes and human and minority rights.
Other major topics discussed at the meeting include the occupation of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) by the Russian Federation, political and judicial reforms and green economy.
Sajjad Karim previously posted on Twitter:
Before opening the meeting, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze met with a delegation from the European Parliament.
Georgia continues the process of integration and institutional and legislative harmonisation with the EU, Irakli Kobakhidze stressed after meeting with the PAC members.
The EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee was established in 2014, following Georgia's signature of the Association Agreement. The committee is composed of members from the Parliament of Georgia and the European Parliament and meets twice a year, once in Brussels and once in Tbilisi.
Four years have passed since the signing of the historic Association Agreement deal between Georgia and the EU.Georgia has received more than €400 million in financial support from the EU since the signing of the agreement on June 27, 2014, the Georgian Foreign Ministry says. The Foreign Ministry says that Georgia has progressed much in terms of legal and institutional integration with the EU and has become a member of Europe’s energy union.
The government of Georgia has initiated the elaboration of the EU integration roadmap, which will ensure European integration at a faster rate.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund are implementing two new programmes in Georgia which have been developed jointly with the European Commission.
Today Parliament ratified the AA with 123 votes in favour and 0 against.
The European Union has decided to allocate additional €6 million for its Erasmus+ program in Georgia, which is the EU programme 2014-2020 for education, training, youth and sport.