Parliament Committee Chair says Hungary “firmly” supports Georgia’s European integration
Botchorishvili said the ongoing visit of Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the Georgian Dream ruling party, and Georgian MPs to Hungary, a week before the European Council's upcoming decision on whether to grant the European Union membership candidate status to Georgia, was “important”. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Tuesday said Hungary was “firmly” supporting the country’s European integration and had voiced “important positions” around the subject.
Botchorishvili said the ongoing visit of Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the Georgian Dream ruling party, and Georgian MPs to Hungary, a week before the European Council's upcoming decision on whether to grant the European Union membership candidate status to Georgia, was “important”.
“We will have meetings with the Ministry of European Union Affairs, as well as with important officials of the country's Parliament who are directly related to the development, expressing and voicing of positions in the Council of the European Union”, she added.
Kobakhidze will meet with top Hungarian officials during the four-day visit, with the Georgian delegation including Botchorishvili, Giorgi Volski, the Vice Parliament Speaker and Irakli Mezurnishvili, a GD MP, the party's press office announced today.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the Georgian Dream ruling party, commenced a four-day visit to Hungary on Tuesday for meetings with the country's top officials, as announced by the party's press office.
Andrius Kalindra, the Lithuanian Ambassador to Georgia, on Monday said he hoped European Union member states would reach a consensus on granting the country the membership candidate status this month.
Robin Dunnigan, the Ambassador of the United States to Georgia, on Tuesday said she hoped the European Council would make a favourable decision on Georgia’s European Union membership candidate status in December.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Monday said the country was moving closer to the European Union by implementing reforms for integration “despite many challenges”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday said it was “unlikely” for any European Union member state not to back the European Commission’s decision to recommend the European Council to grant the country the membership candidate status in December.
Peter Fischer, the German Ambassador to Georgia, on Wednesday said his country’s Government would unequivocally support granting the European Union membership candidate status to Georgia.
Bulgarian and Romanian ambassadors to Georgia, Vesselin Valkanov and Răzvan Rotundu, on Wednesday vowed their governments’ support for granting the European Union membership candidate status to Georgia.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said Georgia’s European Union integration had “solid support” from the Hungarian Government and its ruling party.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday said the Hungarian Government was “firmly supporting” the granting of the European Union membership candidate status to Georgia by the European Council this month as a decision “with no alternatives”.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Thursday said the Hungarian Parliament had voiced its message of “strong” support of Georgia’s European Union integration.
Gia Volski, the Vice Parliament Speaker of Georgia, on Friday hailed Hungary as a “steadfast supporter” of his country’s European Union integration along with “many other states”, ahead of the European Council’s upcoming decision this month whether to grant Tbilisi the bloc’s candidacy.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday said the Hungarian Government “once again” affirmed its “solid support” for granting Georgia the European Union membership candidate status and the country’s European integration path.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Saturday said he hoped the European Council would make “a truly European”, merit-based decision on granting Georgia the European Union membership candidate status.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó on Friday said his country’s upcoming presidency of the Council of the European Union would focus on opening the EU accession talks with Georgia.