Georgian President, Danish FM discuss Ukraine war, Black Sea security, Georgia’s EU membership bid
Zourabichvili noted it was “important” for the Black Sea to be “a sea of stability and unity, not of confrontation”. Photo:Presidential Administration
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Russia's aggression has “failed to stop” Georgia from moving towards Europe, and the newly created “window of opportunity” is the European Union's “rightful response” to this aggression, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said on Thursday in a meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod.
Zourabichvili and Kofod discussed the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine, the situation in the Russian-occupied territories of Georgia, the developments in the Black Sea and South Caucasus regions, the process of Georgia's accession to the European Union, bilateral relations and the role of unity of small countries in dealing with global challenges, the Presidential Administration said.
The top Danish diplomat reiterated his full support for Georgia's territorial integrity, sovereignty and European integration, saying “Georgia is a European country with a place in the European family.”
Zourabichvili noted it was “important” for the Black Sea to be “a sea of stability and unity, not of confrontation”.
Jeppe Kofod underlined Denmark appreciated Georgia's support for international resolutions concerning Ukraine.
Security challenges in the Black Sea region caused by the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili and Chairman-in-Office of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe and Poland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau.
Jeppe Kofod, the Danish Foreign Minister, has condemned a referendum planned in Georgia's Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on the province joining the Russian Federation as “totally unacceptable”.
No referendum in Georgia's Russian-occupied regions will have" any legal force" under the conditions of the occupation, Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said on Thursday in response to the information on the de facto authorities in the Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region planning to hold a referendum on joining the Russian Federation.
Georgia is in full compliance with the financial sanctions imposed by the international community against Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine, Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said on Thursday.
Georgia not only wants to join the European Union formally, but the membership is a "historic choice" of the country, Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, said on Thursday in a meeting with Belgium's Speaker of the House of Representatives Eliane Tillieux and the Speaker of the Belgian Senate Stephanie D’Hose.
Georgian-Danish bilateral relations and the impact of the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine on the security situation in the Eastern European region were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili and Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod.
Georgia participates in all kinds of international financial sanctions and resolutions that have been used to support Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, President Salome Zourabichvili told CNN on Thursday.
A delegation from Denmark, headed by Jeppe Kofod, the country's Foreign Minister, visited parts of the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) with Georgia’s Russian-occupied breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on Friday.
The prospects of Georgia’s European Union membership bid were discussed on Friday in the 61st meeting of the Government Commission for Georgia's Integration into the EU.