Georgian, Ukrainian, Moldovan FMs to meet EU’s High Representative Borrell to upgrade ties with EU
The meeting with Georgian, Ukrainian and Moldovan FMs and EU’s High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles will take place tomorrow in Brussels. Photo: MFA of Georgia.
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The Georgian, Ukrainian and Moldovan foreign ministers will meet with the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles today in Brussels to discuss further cooperation between the EU and its three associated members within the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative (EaP) format.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has stated that the meeting will be an opportunity to familiarise Borrell with the new cooperation format of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.
Good opportunity to meet ???????? HRVP @JosepBorrellF to present our new format of coop - #A3, exchange views on the European integration of 3 Associated Partners ????????- ????????-???????? & discuss the ways to strengthen the #EasternPartnership. First time together as A3 @AureliuCiocoi @DmytroKuleba pic.twitter.com/FrDrNhyhQM
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) June 24, 2021
The three countries signed an agreement in Kyiv back in May 2021 to boost cooperation for common European goals and EU membership.
According to the document a new format of cooperation, the Associated Trio, was founded which will help the countries rapidly integrate into the EU.
The Georgian government says that it has already used all opportunities offered through the EaP format and now it is time to upgrade the cooperation with the European Union through new offers and ways of cooperation.
Delighted to commence the first trilateral visit of the #AssociatedTrio ????????-????????-???????? Foreign Ministers to Brussels, ???????? along W my counterparts @AureliuCiocoi & @DmytroKuleba! Confident that the visit & high-level meetings are to bring fruitful & tangible results for our countries!
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) June 23, 2021
Inaugurated back in 2009 EaP aimed to boost cooperation and ties between the EU and six Eastern European countries: Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus.
Georgia has been named as the frontrunner of the initiative.
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.
“The Associated Trio will work together on common interests for European integration, including the implementation of Association Agreements with the EU and the further development of the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative. Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova will work together to strengthen political and economic dialogue and sectoral integration with the EU,” the Georgian Foreign Ministry has reported.
Earlier today Georgian, Ukrainian and Moldovan Foreign Ministers David Zalkaliani, Dmytro Kuleba and Aureliu Ciocoi have pledged to strengthen cooperation on the path to EU integration at a virtual meeting ahead of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit.
Ten years have passed since the creation of the EU Eastern Partnership format, uniting six Eastern European countries: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine to support democracy, prosperity and stability in the region.
The Georgian, Ukrainian and Moldovan FMs have met with High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles earlier today in Brussels on behalf of the Associated Trio format the countries created in May 2021 to strengthen cooperation for the EU integration. At a press conference Borrell said that the EU ‘should be proud that our partners want to move closer to us and even to join it.’