Georgia to host European Council President, Estonian PM and eight foreign ministers
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has announced the upcoming visit of the foreign ministers in relation to the 10th anniversary of Eastern Partnership. Photo: Foreign Ministry press office.
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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.
The foreign ministers who will visit Georgia are:
- Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz
- Foreign Minister of Sweden Margot Wallstrom
- Bulgarian vice PM and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Spasova Gecheva-Zakharieva
- Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan
- Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto
- Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek
- Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicolae Popescu
- Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jeremy Hunt
The foreign delegation will also include other officials.
The conference will be held on 11-12 July. Two financial agreements between Georgia and the EU will be signed as a part of the event.
The agreements refer to allocation of about €47 mln for Georgia.
The EU Eastern Partnership format unites six Eastern European countries: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. The objective of the format is supporting democracy, prosperity and stability in the region.
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.
A friendly football match was dedicated to the tenth anniversary of Eastern Partnership (EaP) and Georgian-Swedish friendship this Friday.
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.”
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 Batumi 16th International Conference, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative, will open tomorrow with an “unprecedented number” of foreign guests, including the president of the European Council Donald Tusk, Georgian Foreign Ministry reports.
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.
Twenty per cent more Hungarian tourists have visited Georgia this year, which is a good reason to launch direct flights between the two countries, Georgia Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze told Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto in Batumi, on the sidelines of the Batumi 16th International Conference.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkalinai says that the Batumi 16th International Conference has fulfilled its goal, where Georgia was once again featured as the leader country of the Eastern Partnership initiative, having achieved “big success” on its European path.