EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn: EU-Georgia relations going from strength to strength
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European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Johannes Hahn welcomes the progress in relations between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
Meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili at the 54th Munich Security Conference today, EU Commissioner Hahn also praised the government’s efforts in carrying out reforms in Georgia.
Hahn further emphasized that the EU will continue supporting Georgia in reform-making as well as in the implementation of the Georgia-EU joined agenda.
.@MunSecConf w #Georgia’s #PM@KvirikashviliGi. #EU-#Georgia relations going from strength to strength. Revised Association Agenda and #EaP Summit menu are an ambitious program that will bring us even closer together. @eu_nearpic.twitter.com/LEdH9ZR09K
— Johannes Hahn (@JHahnEU) February 16, 2018
During the meeting the parties also discussed the situation in the Russian-occupied regions of Georgia – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
EU Commissioner Hahn once again reiterated that the EU strongly supports Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty within its internationally recognised borders.
The Georgian delegation is headed by Prime Minister Kvirikashvili, at a conference which is bringing together heads of states from more than 30 countries, and more than 100 ministers worldwide.
Having officially kicked off today, the Munich Security Conference will last until February 19.
The Georgian delegation is headed by Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, at a conference which is bringing together heads of states from more than 30 countries and more than 100 ministers worldwide. Kvirikashvili will participate in Georgian Politics and Literature, an even dedicated specifically to Georgia and co-organized by the Munich Security Conference.
The Georgian delegation, headed by Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, will attend the 54th Security Conference in Munich on February 16-18. Kvirikashvili will take part in the events planned within the Munich Security Conference, announced the Administration of the Government of Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili will participate in the European Union (EU) and Georgia Association Council meeting tomorrow which will be held in Brussels, Belgium. The progress achieved through the implementation of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement and the Free and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) will be discussed at the meeting.
Hahn met with Georgia’s State Minister of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Victor Dolidze in Brussels yesterday. Dolidze congratulated the EU Commissioner on becoming an honorary citizen of Tbilisi.
Stressing that Georgia aims at developing into a regional economic hub and implementing huge investment projects, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili invited the German and international business people to Georgia to better familiarize with the opportunities the country now has to offer.
Georgia will host various events co-organized by the Munich Security Conference (MSC) next year. This is the decision that the Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and the Chairman of MSC Wolfgang Ischinger have made today.
A new institutional set-up of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) initiative has been launched in Brussels in the presence of senior officials from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and the EU Member States.
Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, will visit Georgia on September 3-4 to participate in a launching ceremony of the The European School for the Eastern Partnership in Tbilisi.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has stated that the upcoming Munich Security Conference, the world’s largest gathering of its kind, will be maximally used for pushing forward Georgian issues.