Georgian, Ukrainian, Moldovan FMs to meet EU’s High Representative Borrell to upgrade ties with EU
The meeting with Georgian, Ukrainian and Moldovan FMs and EU’s High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles will take place tomorrow in Brussels. Photo: MFA of Georgia.
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The Georgian, Ukrainian and Moldovan foreign ministers will meet with the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles today in Brussels to discuss further cooperation between the EU and its three associated members within the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative (EaP) format.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has stated that the meeting will be an opportunity to familiarise Borrell with the new cooperation format of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.
Good opportunity to meet ???????? HRVP @JosepBorrellF to present our new format of coop - #A3, exchange views on the European integration of 3 Associated Partners ????????- ????????-???????? & discuss the ways to strengthen the #EasternPartnership. First time together as A3 @AureliuCiocoi @DmytroKuleba pic.twitter.com/FrDrNhyhQM
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) June 24, 2021
The three countries signed an agreement in Kyiv back in May 2021 to boost cooperation for common European goals and EU membership.
According to the document a new format of cooperation, the Associated Trio, was founded which will help the countries rapidly integrate into the EU.
The Georgian government says that it has already used all opportunities offered through the EaP format and now it is time to upgrade the cooperation with the European Union through new offers and ways of cooperation.
Delighted to commence the first trilateral visit of the #AssociatedTrio ????????-????????-???????? Foreign Ministers to Brussels, ???????? along W my counterparts @AureliuCiocoi & @DmytroKuleba! Confident that the visit & high-level meetings are to bring fruitful & tangible results for our countries!
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) June 23, 2021
Inaugurated back in 2009 EaP aimed to boost cooperation and ties between the EU and six Eastern European countries: Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus.
Georgia has been named as the frontrunner of the initiative.