Georgian delegation leaves for Brussels to present Georgia’s ‘very ambitious’ EU integration roadmap
Georgia and the EU signed an Association Agreement on 27 June 2014, which came into play on 1 July 2016. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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A Georgian delegation headed by Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has left for Brussels, Belgium to present a ‘very ambitious’ roadmap for Georgian integration into the EU today which offers ways for Georgia, beyond the Georgia-EU Association Agreement, to integrate faster into the EU.
The roadmap consolidates progress already achieved within the Georgia-EU Association Agreement and provides opportunities for Georgia to take faster steps for integration into the EU. The steps concern deeper and more comprehensive, integration into the EU including the sectoral integration,” the Prime Minister’s press office reports.
The roadmap will be presented during the fifth meeting of the Georgia-EU Association Council.
Bakhtadze is scheduled to hold a press conference with the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini after the meeting.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has stated that the roadmap is a “new type of a document” which reads how Georgia may be more actively involved in EU programmes and the activities of the EU agencies to boost sectoral partnership.
He says that the meeting today will be an opportunity to discuss future goals and ways how the Association Agreement between Georgia and the EU may be fulfilled more effectively.
The European Union (EU) and the Georgia Association Council meeting will be held in Brussels, Belgium on February 5. Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili will lead the Georgian delegation comprised of the members of the Cabinet.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili will participate in the European Union (EU) and Georgia Association Council meeting tomorrow which will be held in Brussels, Belgium. The progress achieved through the implementation of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement and the Free and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) will be discussed at the meeting.
Georgia’s Foreign Ministry has stated that the Georgia-EU 2017-2020 Association Agenda, drafted to ensure the fulfillment of the Georgia-EU Association Agreement, is more ambitious than the previous one covering 2014-2016.
Today is one of the most important days for Georgia on its European Union (EU) integration path as the country’s Association Agreement (AA) with the EU is fully and officially coming into force.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze, who chaired the Georgian delegation at the EU-Georgia Association Council in Brussels said at a joint press conference that today’s meeting was “very fruitful”.