Cyprus ratifies EU-Georgia Association Agreement
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The House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
Members of the Cyprus Parliament voted in favour of the ratification of the EU-Georgia deal yesterday.
The document was approved following a majority vote, where only members of the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) refrained from voting.
The important deal was signed by Georgia and the EU on June 27, 2014 in Brussels. European Parliament approved the EU-Georgia deal on December 18, 2014.
The Republic of Cyprus is the 20th EU member state to ratify the EU-Georgia deal.
Other countries that have already ratified the important deal are: Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Finland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Germany, Poland, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, Estonia, Slovakia, Malta, Latvia, Lithuania and Bulgaria.
EU Association deals need to be ratified by all 28 EU member countries before the agreement can be fully implemented. Therefore nine EU member countries still need to ratify the deal.
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.
European Parliament has approved the EU-Georgia Association Agreement (AA). The deal was approved today in Strasbourg.
When it comes into force, the AA will help establish deeper political association and economic integration between the EU and Georgia, including the progressive opening up of their respective markets.
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).
Croatia has completed the ratification process of the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA) after the country’s president signed the final document.
The upper house of the Parliament of Poland (the Senate) has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) made between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
Denmark has ratified the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA).
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.
Sweden has ratified the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA).
Slovakia is the fifth European country to ratify the Georgia-European Union (EU) Association Agreement (AA).
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.
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.
The EU-Georgia Association Agreement was ratified today by members of the European Parliament. See all tweets with hashtags #Georgia and #AA in one Twitter feed.
The Parliament of Finland has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) 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 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.
The Kingdom of Netherlands has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
The Austrian National Council has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
Today the French Senate ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
The government of Cyprus and Archbishop of the country Chrysostomos II have made an unprecedented decision to gift Georgia 12,295 square meters of land to build the most large-scale Georgian monastery complex in Europe there.
The Parliament Speaker of Cyprus Demetris Syllouris has held his first historic visit to Georgia, as despite the 25-years of diplomatic relations none of the parliament speakers of Cyprus has ever conducted an official visit to Georgia.