Georgian PM: ‘new, more ambitious’ plans needed, like Eastern Partnership 10 years ago
Bakhtadze saidGeorgia is a good example of the transformative power the EU has. Photo: Prime Minister's press office.
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Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has stayed Georgia needs more ambitious plans, like that of the Eastern Partnership 10 years ago. He also said the country is “ready to make large steps forward.”
At a discussion held during a conference devoted to the Eastern Partnership’s ten year anniversary he said that Georgia’s past was European and its future will also be European.
Bakhtadze assessed the last decade as a ‘journey’ full of obstacles adding Georgia is a good example of the transformative power the EU has.
Aspiration to Europe is a choice of civilization… The aspiration cost is high politically as well as economically. The Russian Federation still occupies 20% of our country,’’ Bakhtadze said.
PM Bakhtadze said Georgia is ready to do its best for progress. Photo: Prime Minister's press office.
He stated there always are attempts to affect the Georgian people’s aspiration but more than 85% of the population support the European path.
He assessed the Association Agreement including free trade area and visa liberalization as historic achievements adding Georgia wishes to achieve more.
This is why we presented Georgia’s Roadmap to the EU to our European colleagues to have more opportunity of integration with the European institutions, like digital market, economy, transport, energy,” Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze said.
He also stated Georgia is ready to do its best for progress.
Head of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker says that Georgia is a “100 per cent European state” and the leader of the EU’s Eastern Partnership format.Juncker made the statement earlier today, during his meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze in Brussels, Belgium.
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) ministerial, to mark the 19th anniversary of the format created to reinforce the political association and economic integration of six Eastern European countries into the EU, has been held today in Brussels earlier today.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze will visit Brussels next week to participate in events dedicated to the 10th Anniversary of the Eastern Partnership (EaP). On May 13-14, the European Union and its six Eastern partners - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine - will mark the EaP anniversary with a number of events.
The government of Georgia has initiated the elaboration of the EU integration roadmap, which will ensure European integration at a faster rate.
The rich collections of cultural exhibits at the Georgian National Museum were on display for a high-profile visitor this week as Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, was introduced to the heritage in Tbilisi.
Next week Georgia will host European Council President Donald Tusk, Estonian PM Juri Ratas and eight foreign ministers from the EU and partner countries. Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said that the foreign officials will participate in an international conference in Batumi devoted to the 10th anniversary of Eastern Partnership.
Georgia’s Black Sea town of Batumi will host the inaugural investment forum of the Eastern Partnership on July 11. The event will bring together some 400 participants from the European Union and the six countries of the Eastern Partnership - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
The countries of the Eastern Partnership have created a catalogue of ongoing projects in need of investments, which will enable investors from the EU to examine the projects in detail, Deputy Minister of Economy Genadi Arveladze stated yesterday at a briefing.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has held a meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek, who is currently on an official visit to Georgia. Minister Zalkaliani thanked the Czech Republic for steady support to Georgian Euro-Atlantic course and said the countries collaborate intensively in politics, culture and economy.
The European Commission has put forward a proposal for the long-term policy objectives of the Eastern Partnership beyond 2020 to increase trade, strengthen connectivity and deepen the economic integration with Eastern Partnership countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
Georgian, Ukrainian and Moldovan foreign ministers have sent a joint letter to EU officials in which they requested deeper cooperation between their countries and the EU.