Baltic states ready to ensure stronger support for Georgia, Ukraine at NATO summit
Lithuanian President Ginatas Nauseda has tweeted that the Baltic States will act in coordination during the NATO summit to support Georgia and Ukraine. Photo: DELFI/Sarunas Mazeika.
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The Baltic states are united in advocating stronger support for aspiring partners Georgia and Ukraine during the NATO June 14 summit, Lithuanian President Ginatas Nauseda has tweeted.
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— Gitanas Nausėda (@GitanasNauseda) June 9, 2021
Georgia and Ukraine will not attend the one-day summit in Brussels because only the member states will participate in it.
Georgian parliamentary parties signed a joint statement yesterday, ahead of the summit, in which they urged NATO and its member states to continue close partnership with Georgia.
We call on NATO and its member states to continue to work closely with Georgia as the country prepares to pursue ambitious reforms aimed at consolidating democracy, jointly agreed upon by parliamentary political parties, as well as to provide stronger assistance and share the experience in the fight against growing and hybrid threats,” said the statement.
The parties mentioned the importance of NATO open-door policy and stated that cooperation for the Black Sea security should be strengthened because ‘Russia's actions threaten regional security and the democracies of the region.’
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili earlier expressed hope that the summit will send ‘clear messages’ to Georgia and Ukraine.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has expressed Georgia’s determination to become a full-fledged member of NATO which is celebrating its 72nd anniversary today.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has met with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili in Brussels earlier today where he said that the recent judgement of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the Russia-Georgia 2008 war case ‘confirms that Russia is responsible for human rights violations in Georgia’s occupied Abkhazia and South Ossetia (Tskhinvali) regions, and that Russia actually exercises control there’.
Georgian parliamentary parties signed a joint statement earlier today in which they urged NATO and its member states to continue close partnership with Georgia. The parties signed the document ahead of a NATO summit on June 14 in Brussels which will not be attended by the alliance’s partner states Georgia and Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has stated that only member states will participate in the 2021 one-day summit.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will meet with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvil in Brussels on January 22, the NATO press office has reported. Previously Stoltenberg and Zurabishvili met in January 2019. Stoltenberg met with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia also at NATO headquarters back in September 2020.
US Senator Rob Portman, who has recently visited Georgia, stated that the US government should urge NATO ahead of the June 14 summit to provide a membership action plan (MAP) for Georgia and Ukraine.In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Portman said that getting both countries on the path to NATO membership would help protect them against Russian aggression.
Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani says Georgia will be among the priority issues at the upcoming NATO summit of June 14, 'as a result of our active diplomatic efforts'.
The Georgian and Lithuanian presidents met in Tbilisi earlier today and signed a declaration in which Lithuania reaffirmed its support for Georgia’s territorial integrity and the country’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda stated that Lithuania is ready to share its Euro-Atlatic experience with Georgia and help the country integrate into the EU and NATO.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with ‘Georgia’s great friend and ally’ Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda in Tbilisi earlier today. Cooperation in different fields, particularly in post-Covid period, Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations and the country’s democratic reforms were on top on the agenda, the government of Georgia press office has reported.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda visited the occupation line shortly after arriving in Georgia earlier today. EUMM Head of Mission Marek Szczygiel accompanied Nauseda to the village of Khurvaleti, at the occupation line which separates the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region from the rest of Georgia. Szczygieł briefed Nauseda how the installation of barbed wire fences affect the daily life of locals and worsens the complicated humanitarian situation on the ground, the EUMM in Georgia has reported.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said ahead of the upcoming NATO summit that the progress that Georgia has achieved on its path to NATO integration will be adequately assessed and respected.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has been invited to participate and deliver a speech at Brussels Forum which will take place in parallel with the NATO June 14 summit, the Georgian Foreign Ministry says. The ministry states that the NATO secretary general, German chancellor, Canadian PM and other top foreign officials will also participate in the forum.