Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has summed up her first official visit abroad, in Brussels, and stated that her meetings with top EU and NATO figures were “very positive.”
The EU and NATO are ready to take steps to further deepen cooperation with Georgia. Everyone has a very friendly attitude to our country,” she stated today.
Zurabishvili said that she did not hear “any warnings” regarding the suspension of the EU-Georgia visa free agreement.
However, this does not mean that we should stop working. This means that the Georgian people should have a very responsible attitude toward this issue,” Zurabishvili said.
The video was posted by the press office of the European Council President Donald Tusk.
Zurabishvili said that EU and NATO officials expressed their concern regarding the closure of so-called borders by occupying forces and stated that they were ready to push forward the issue during their bilateral meetings with Russian government members.
Zurabishvili launched her visit in Brussels with a meeting with Georgian students and diaspora members and stated that the Georgian diaspora should have a representative in the Georgian parliament.
European Council President Donald Tusk and Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili agreed to further intensify cooperation between Georgia and the EU. Tusk said that the EU-Georgia partnership is ‘outstanding and far-reaching’.
The European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker told Georgian President Zurabishvili that her first official visit to EU headquarters was “symbolic,” revealing the will of the Georgian people to be with the EU. Zurabishvili invited Juncker to Georgia to participate in the Batumi Conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership.
At yesterday's conf. with @jensstoltenberg, I stated that we're actively engaged in the issue of #BlackSea security. It's extremely important for us that the Black Sea be a sea of #stability, #security, that unites Georgia with Europe and our partners on the other side of the sea pic.twitter.com/Y4P2lbQKcG
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) January 24, 2019