Hungary ratifies EU-Georgia Association deal
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Hungary has ratified the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA).
At a Parliamentary session on Tuesday, the vast majority of members of the Hungarian Parliament voted to ratify the AA deals with Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova, stated the press centre of Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The decision was adopted unanimously with 127 votes.
Intrastate ratification procedures will be completed immediately after the President of Hungary signs the Agreement next week.
The AA deals were signed by Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova and EU representatives in Brussels on June 27.
EU association deals need to be ratified by all 28 EU member countries before they can be fully implemented.
The European Parliament said it would ratify the document in December.
Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjarto has expressed his support to Georgia’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration and promised Hungary will ratify the EU-Georgia Association Agreement (AA) by the end of this year.
Slovakia is the fifth European country to ratify the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA).
The European Parliament will vote on whether it will ratify the European Union (EU)-Georgia Association Agreement (AA) deal next month.
Garibashvili described the signature of the Agreement as a "new great date in the chronicles of his homeland”.
Sweden has ratified the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA).
German Bundestag (Parliament) will supposedly ratify the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU) in the first half of next year.
Hungary’s National Assembly’s ratification of the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA) deal has come into force after the country’s President Janos Ader signed the document yesterday.
The European Parliament is holding debates regarding Georgia today and tomorrow EP members will vote to ratify the EU-Georgia deal.
Denmark has ratified the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA).
Ireland is the latest country to ratify the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA), that was signed in June last year.
Poland is the latest country to ratify the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
The official ratification process took place today in the Polish Sejm - the lower house of the country's Parliament.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and a Georgian delegation are gearing up to leave for a two-day official visit to Hungary.
Hungary is "absolutely supportive” of Georgia receiving visa-free travel with the European Union (EU), says Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban.
Eximbank of Hungary will provide $50 million USD to Georgia to support business development in the country. This was announced at the Hungarian-Georgian business forum held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
The upper house of the Parliament of Poland (the Senate) has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) made between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
The German Bundestag (parliament) has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
The Parliament of Finland has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
Today, the UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Philip Hammond signed the document, meaning Britain has completed the ratification process of the important EU-Georgia deal.
Members of the Portugal National Assembly voted today in favour of the ratification of the Association Agreement (AA) made between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
The Parliament of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
Both Chambers of Parliament of the Czech Republic finished the ratification process of the Association Agreement signed by the European Union and Georgia on June 27, 2014 in Brussels.
The House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski completed the ratification of the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU) today.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili is sending his congratulations to the people of Hungary and its Prime Minister today on the 59th anniversary of the Hungarian revolution, which foreshadowed the collapse of the Soviet Union.
One country left to ratify deal
Italy has become the 27th of 28 European Union (EU) member states to ratify the Georgia-EU Association Agreement (AA).