EU’s top officials Mogherini and Tusk reaffirm Georgia’s visa liberalisation
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Two high leaders of the European Union (EU) have reassured Georgia’s bid for visa liberalisation.
President of the European Council Donald Tusk and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini told Georgia’s Prime Minister that the country will soon be offered a visa waiver regime allowing Georgian citizens to travel visa-free in the EU’s Schengen zone.
The two EU top officials met Georgia’s PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili yesterday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 71st session in New York, United States.
Kvirikashvili thanked the pair for the EU’s contribution and support as Georgia went through the process towards European integration, noting the Georgian Government welcomed "the most dynamic development of relations with the EU in recent years” said the PM’s press office in a statement today.
Kvirikashvili said Georgia's European and Euro-Atlantic choice "was irreversible and evidenced by the demonstrated commitment towards political association and economic integration of the country with EU.”
Georgia's Prime Minister met his Belgian counterpart yesterday. Photo by the PM's press office.
The meeting also touched on the Parliamentary Elections in Georgia, scheduled for October 8. Kvirikashvili vowed the elections will be conducted in line with highest, European standards.
Later yesterday Kvirikashvili met Belgium’s Prime Minister Charles Michel.
Kvirikashvili and Michel discussed democratic reforms implemented by Georgia towards its quest to European and Euro-Atlantic integration, and Michel acknowledged Georgia had "met all the criteria set in the Georgia-EU Visa Liberalisation Action Plan (VLAP).”
On a lighter note the two officials spoke about upcoming visit of Belgian entrepreneurs to Georgia, set for November this year. The trip was being organised by Wallonia Export and Investments Agency and aimed to enhance Georgia-Belgium business ties.
At the meeting Kvirikashvili invited his Belgian counterpart to Georgia.
Georgia has worked hard to improve democracy and the rule of law and is proud to be ranked the fifth freest economy in the world, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili told guests attending the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States (US).
Georgia’s Prime Minister has delivered a poignant speech at the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York where he spoke about his country’s direction and the importance of international support for Georgia to achieve its goals.
Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili attended the Atlantic Council's Global Citizen Awards at the American Museum of Natural History in New York alongside dozens of world leaders from all over the globe.
"Georgia's chosen approach [is] to build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels, and for Georgia we are pleased to say it is working," said Georgia's Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili at the United Nations.
The European Council agreed it was time to begin negotiating with European Parliament about the right to grant Georgian citizens with a visa waiver and allowing visa-free travel to the European Union’s (EU) Schengen Zone.
EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini says that the European Union and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) need each other to carry out a "very ambitions EU program” which should be carried out by 2020.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has met with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini in New York yesterday. Georgian conflict issues and the government of Georgia peace initiative for the resolution of conflicts were key issues discussed during both of the meetings.