State Minister Petriashvili: More reforms, more support from EU

If Georgia intensifies the wide scale reforms we hope the EUs assistance will be adequate for our commitments, based on the "more for more principle, the State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration said while hosting Channel 5, a Ukraine-based TV channel on November 4.

"We are strongly committed to implement the European integration in the country on the basis that was created by the previous government. It is not the pre-election campaign of Georgian Dream Coalition or the United National Movement, it is the will of Georgian people and we have to obey it, said Petriahsvili.

The State Minister also mentioned that Georgia expects to initiate the Associated Agreement with the EU at the Vilnius Summit that is planned for 28-29 November. "Vilnius Summit will be historical not only for Georgia and Ukraine, as well as for the EUs continued integration. We plan that by the end of next year, Georgia will sign the associated agreement with the EU, Petriashvili added.

Alex Petriashvili will conduct the working visit in Ukraine, where he will participate in the World Economic Forum "Strategic Dialog on the Future of Ukraine "on 5-6 November.

Within the framework of the forum, the State Minister will conduct bilateral meetings with the governmental high officials including the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Leonid Kozhara.