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.