Hungary applauds Georgia’s “reform efforts” and “hard work”
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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.
With this act, the Hungarian ratification process concluded after it was officially started in Parliament on November 25.
Along with Georgia’s AA deal, the Hungarian president also signed corresponding documents for Moldova and Ukraine.
"By ratifying the AA’s in an early phase, Hungary wished to demonstrate the importance it attributes to the support of the EU’s Eastern Partnership program and to the European choice, as well as to the EU integration perspective of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine,” the Hungarian Foreign Ministry said.
Hungary also welcomed the "substantial progress” reached by the three countries in developing stronger political, economic and institutional relations with the EU.
"[…] we applaud the reform efforts and hard work of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, which made the signature of the AA’s possible on 27 June this year,” the Ministry said.
"We are convinced that the implementation of the Association Agreements will not only help our associated partners to move further on their European track, but will also contribute to achieving national consolidation and social cohesion, as well as to the preservation of their sovereignty, territorial integrity and national independence.”
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 as well as the European Parliament (EP) before they can be fully implemented.
The EP said it would ratify the document this month.
Garibashvili described the signature of the Agreement as a "new great date in the chronicles of his homeland”.
The European Parliament will vote on whether it will ratify the European Union (EU)-Georgia Association Agreement (AA) deal next month.
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.
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).
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Georgia’s Foreign Minister has welcomed Romania as the first European Union (EU) member state to ratify the EU’s Association Agreement with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
Bulgaria is the latest country to ratify the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA).
Parliament of Latvia has unanimously ratified European Union (EU) Association Agreements (AA) with Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.
Today Parliament ratified the AA with 123 votes in favour and 0 against.
From today Georgia is able to export its products to the European Union’s (EU) marketplace, which boasts a population of 500 million, with no custom tariffs.
The European Parliament is holding debates regarding Georgia today and tomorrow EP members will vote to ratify the EU-Georgia deal.
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.
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.
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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).
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Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski completed the ratification of the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU) today.
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