Sweden Parliament ratifies EU-Georgia Association treaty
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Sweden has ratified the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA).
The vast majority of members of Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) 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 249 votes.
Intrastate ratification procedures will be completed immediately after the Riksdag sends the document to executive authorities.
Sweden's Eastern Partnership (EaP) Ambassador Martin Hagstrom announced the news on his Twitter account last night.
#Sweden's Riksdag has now ratified the #EU Association Agreements with #Georgia, #Moldova and #Ukraine. Strong support for the European path
— SWE EaP Ambassador (@SwedeninEaP) November 26, 2014
He said: "Sweden's Riksdag has now ratified the EU Association Agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Strong support for the European path.”
Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs noted seven EU member states had ratified AA deals between Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine with the EU.
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.
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.
Slovakia is the fifth European country to ratify the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA).
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.
Bulgaria is the latest country to ratify the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA).
Today Parliament ratified the AA with 123 votes in favour and 0 against.
Parliament of Latvia has unanimously ratified European Union (EU) Association Agreements (AA) with Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.
German Bundestag (Parliament) will supposedly ratify the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU) in the first half of next year.
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.
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.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday held a farewell meeting with the Swedish Ambassador to Georgia, Ulrik Tideström, with the latter’s diplomatic term in the country coming to a close.