Brussels visit: Georgian President will meet NATO, EU leaders
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The President of Georgia is meeting the top official from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and other influential European Union (EU) delegates during his two-day official visit to Belgium.
Today President Giorgi Margvelashvili will meet NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg before meeting President of the European Council Donald Tusk and other EU officials tomorrow.
The official agenda noted today’s meeting between Margvelashvili and Stoltenberg would focus on the outcomes of last year’s NATO Summit in Wales and how the country was implementing the Substantial Package, which was offered to Georgia in September 2014.
The meeting will be followed by a press conference which will start at 16:45 (18:45 Tbilisi time) and live-streamed on the NATO website.
After this Margvelashvili is due to participate in the ‘Eastern Partnership – A Partnership of Free Choice’ conference, which will be held at the European Parliament later today.
The main topic of discussion between the Georgian envoy and the EU officials will be the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga, Latvia. The sides will talk about what possible results could be reached at the Summit, which will take place on May 21 and 22 in the Latvian capital.
Meanwhile tomorrow, May 12, Margvelashvili will meet European Council President Donald Tusk.
In addition, meetings were also planned between the Georgian President and EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn.
While in Brussels, Margvelashvili will also meet King Philippe of Belgium.
Georgia’s Foreign Minister Tamar Beruchashvili is accompanying President Margvelashvili in Belgium.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has agreed in principle to offer "a substantive package” to Georgia to help it come closer to NATO but made no mention of membership.
Will Georgia be granted a visa free regime with the European Union (EU) at the Riga Summit in May? The outcome is still unclear, as the EU noted it was waiting for an evaluation by European experts before it will make a final decision.
NATO-Georgia officials are gathering in Brussels today to discuss how Georgia will implement the Substantive Package, offered by the Alliance at last month’s NATO Summit in Wales.
Georgia’s implementation of the Association Agreement (AA) and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) was the main topic discussed at today’s meeting between the country’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili and European Union (EU) Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn.
Georgia is a "strong partner” and an "important contributor” to NATO’s "shared security” – these were the words of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg when he hosted Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili in Brussels today.
Georgia’s close partnership with the European Union (EU) was highlighted at a meeting between Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and EU Council president Donald Tusk in Belgium today.
"Today Georgia is as ready to be a NATO member, as were incumbent members when they were invited to join the Alliance." These words were spoken by Georgia’s Parliament Speaker David Usupashvili at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) session in Budapest.
Speeding up Georgia’s integration into NATO and strengthening the country’s defence capabilities are two goals the Georgian Parliament Speaker will try to get closer to at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels tomorrow.