EU Official Borrell reaffirms support for Georgia on meeting with FM Darchiashvili
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Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, reaffirmed the Union’s “unwavering commitment'' to Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity during the meeting with Ilia Darchiashvili, the newly-appointed Georgian Foreign Minister, on Wednesday in Strasbourg.
Borrell congratulated Darchiashvili on his appointment and recalled the EU’s “full support” for Georgia amid Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.
The High Representative highlighted the Union was ready to help Georgia “strengthen its resilience,” pointing out the efforts to deepen the EU-Georgia relations.
Darchiashvili is on an official visit to Brussels between Wednesday and Friday, to hold a series of high-level meetings with EU and NATO officials.
Georgia's European Union integration agenda and its progress on the path were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
The newly appointed Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will visit Brussels between Wednesday and Friday to hold a series of high-level meetings at the European Union and NATO, the Georgian foreign office said on Tuesday.
The newly appointed Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili thanked his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba for “kind wishes” on the appointment on Monday.
Georgia-Azerbaijan strategic partnership and close cooperation between the two countries were discussed on Monday in a phone call between Georgia’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov.
The subject of Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations was discussed on Thursday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Dutch counterpart Wopke Hoekstra.
The NATO-Georgia cooperation and the security environment in the Black Sea region were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Ilia Darchiashvili and the Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg, the Georgian foreign office said.
Georgia’s ongoing support to Ukraine was reiterated by the country’s Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili at a NATO Ministerial meeting, the head of the foreign office said on Thursday.
NATO allies have agreed to help partners, including Georgia, in strengthening their resilience and shoring up their ability to defend themselves, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a briefing on Thursday following a meeting of the alliance’s foreign ministers.
A delegation of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence of the European Parliament will visit Georgia between Sunday and Thursday to assess the work of the EU Monitoring Mission, as well as the possible implications of Russia’s war against Ukraine for Georgia, the EU legislative body said on Friday.
Georgia’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili received messages of congratulation from foreign dignitaries on Thursday, with ministers, diplomats and heads of state agencies from Georgia’s partner states wishing the official success in the new position.
Georgia's application for European Union membership, and the ongoing procedures for the country completing the relevant questionnaire were discussed on Thursday in Prague in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and the Czech Minister for European Affairs Mikulas Bek.
Georgia is a part of Europe and the Czech Republic wants the country in the European Union, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on Thursday at a press conference following a meeting with his Georgian counterpart Ilia Darchiashvili.
The Foreign Ministers of Romania, Slovenia, Montenegro, Croatia and Serbia on Wednesday sent messages of congratulation to Ilia Darchiashvili on his recent appointment as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the Georgian foreign office said.
Georgian and Chinese Foreign Ministers Ilia Darchiashvili and Wang Yi held a phone conversation on Wednesday to discuss a wide range of relations in “fruitful” cooperation between the two states.
Mikheil Sarjveladze, the Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights of the Georgian Parliament, on Thursday said the ruling Georgian Dream party had brought “real change” in the country through the “completely independent” judiciary system.
Bilateral relations and close cooperation in the process of Georgia's European integration was discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Portuguese counterpart João Gomes Cravinho.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili is taking part in the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition against ISIS, hosted in Morocco between Tuesday and Thursday, the Georgian foreign office said.
The “strategic partnership” between Georgia and the United States, and the topic of intensifying ties between the countries in defence, security, trade, economy and investment were discussed by Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and US Ambassador Kelly Degnan on Saturday.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will meet his counterparts from the European Union when he visits Brussels between Monday and Wednesday.
Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, the Georgian Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg and the country's Representative to the European Union, on Sunday said the meetings of Foreign Minister Darchiashvili with his European counterparts in Brussels would be "important for gaining the support that our country will need in the coming weeks".
Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on Monday described Georgia as a “very important country” ahead of a meeting of the bloc’s Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg later today.