Georgian President calls on “everyone” in Georgia to unite
Receiving the questionnaire is an “extraordinary” new opportunity for which Georgia “should thank” the European Union, its leadership, as well as the European Council and Ukraine, Zourabichvili stated.Photo: Parliament of Georgia.
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Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has called on “everyone” in the country to unite, making the plea in a briefing over Georgian authorities receiving the questionnaire for European Union membership on Monday.
All forces must be “mobilised” as the EU membership bid is an issue that cannot be resolved by the decisions and efforts of any one group, the President said, calling the push for becoming a member state a “national affair and interest”.
She also called on the traditionally polarised local political spectrum to unite around the EU bud regardless of their attitude to each other, in a continuation of her recent efforts for facilitating national dialogue between political forces.
Receiving the questionnaire is an “extraordinary” new opportunity for which Georgia “should thank” the European Union, its leadership, as well as the European Council and Ukraine, Zourabichvili stated.
Oliver Varhelyi, the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, handed over the questionnaire to Georgia’s Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday, in the latest development of the country’s EU membership process.
Georgia has made tangible progress toward European Union integration, Parliament Vice Speaker Archil Talakvadze said on Monday as Georgian authorities received the questionnaire for the country’s EU membership.
The questionnaire handed to Georgian authorities as part of the country’s European Union membership bid is the “first step” on Georgia’s European path, Oliver Varhelyi, the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, said on Monday.
Georgia will “spare no effort” to fill out the European Union membership questionnaire and proceed to the next stages of the application process, Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili said on Monday.
Irakli Garibashvili, the Georgian Prime Minister, has noted an “important day” for the country with the Foreign Minister set to receive the questionnaire for European Union membership from the European Commissioner.
The war in Ukraine and Georgia’s accelerated European integration process were discussed on Tuesday in a phone call between the Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili and her German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier.