EurActiv.com: “Georgia lauded as ‘most advanced’ in the Eastern Partnership

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel García concluded a visit to Georgia by praising the Caucasian republic’s rapid implementation of its EU Association Agreement and highlighted Madrid and Tbilisi’s "close links”, writes EurActiv.com.

On Monday February 29 Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and Parliament Speaker David Usupashvili welcomed García to Georgia and introduced him and Spain’s Ambassador to Turkey Rafael Mendivil to the vast reforms being carried out in the country.

The former Soviet republic is currently undergoing a deep process of reforms following a period of rapprochement with the EU, having signed an association agreement back in June 2014” wrote EurActiv.com, an independent EU media platform.

The Association Agreement includes obligations to carry out structural reforms and García-Margallo indicated that Georgia has placed itself in a commanding position in terms of integrating with the EU.”

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