Georgian PM meets European Parliament president, MEPs in Brussels
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili (L) met with European Parliament President David Sassoli earlier today following the EU-Georgia Association Council meeting late yesterday. Photo: Government of Georgia press office.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with European Parliament President David Sassoli and MEPs in Brussels earlier today.
The role of the European Parliament in the democratic development of Georgia and the situation in Georgia’s Russian occupied regions were on top of the agenda of the meetings, as well as the EU-mediated talks to calm the current political tension in Georgia.
Sassoli and Garibashvili said that Georgia is the EU’s key partner in the region,” the government of Georgia press office has reported.
Met @EP_President. EP's support to ????????'s ???????? integration, democratic devt., sovereignty & territorial integrity is invaluable. Thank you for recognizing ???????? as EU’s key partner in the region. We hope to see EP's active involvement in the preparations for the upcoming #EaP Summit. pic.twitter.com/pkjAw3amXf
— Irakli Garibashvili (@GharibashviliGe) March 17, 2021
MEP Marina Kaljurand has stated that she trusts the conclusion of the OSCE/ODIHR that Georgia’s 2020 parliamentary elections were free and competitive.
She has urged Georgian political parties to act in line with state interests and make concessions to come to an agreement.
Georgian opposition parties are demanding repeat parliamentary elections and the release of the opposition leader Nika Melia and the co-founder of the opposition-minded TV channel Mtavari Arkhi Giorgi Rurua.
EU officials and the document released after the recent, 6th EU-Georgia Association Council meeting in Brussels say that the October 31, 2020 Georgian parliamentary elections, as well as the second round of the elections in November 2020, were ‘competitive.’
Vice-President of European Commission and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles stated at the press conference following the EU-Georgia Association Council earlier today that this meeting is being held in a ‘pivotal moment’ for Georgia amid the current political crisis.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has met with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi in Brussels earlier today, before the sixth EU-Georgia Association Council meeting.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, who met with the European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels yesterday, has told journalists that the Georgian ruling party and the opposition must come to an agreement amid the current political tension, but a solution ‘must not be found at the expense of state interests.’
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with Georgian Prime MInister Irakli Garibashvili in Brussels today that ‘the recent political developments in Georgia are worrying’. Expressing NATO’s support for the mediation efforts of the European Union Jens Stoltenberg encouraged PM Garibashvili ‘to work with the opposition to find common ground and common solutions’.
European Parliament members Andrius Kubilius, Michael Gahler and Viola von Cramon-Taubadel call on the opposition United National Movement party to sign the EU-mediated agreement and enter the parliament of Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has met with Managing Director at Rothschild & Co Arielle Malard de Rothschild today.
Friendly and partnerly relations between Georgia and Sweden, particularly in the field of defence, were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili and the Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Sweden Peter Hultqvist.