Parliament Speaker: Czech experience and support for Georgia’s EU integration “especially valuable”
Papuashvili said he had discussed with his Czech counterpart the “long-term friendly and fruitful” cooperation between the two countries in the meeting. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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The experience and support of the Czech Republic for Georgia’s European integration process will be especially valuable for the country, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili said on Monday following a meeting with Miloš Vystrčil, the President of the Czech Senate.
Papuashvili said he had discussed with his Czech counterpart the “long-term friendly and fruitful” cooperation between the two countries in the meeting.
Along with Georgia's progress on the European integration path, sharing the experience and the support of the Czech Republic will be especially valuable for us. We are grateful to the Czech Republic for its support of Georgia's sovereignty, territorial integrity, non-recognition policy [of the occupied regions] and European aspirations,” the head of the Georgian legislative body said.
The current situation in the Black Sea region and Russia's ongoing aggression against Ukraine were among the principal topics at the meeting, the Georgian official added.
We talked about the complex situation in the [Black Sea] region and the challenges that, in general, the region faces. We also talked, of course, about the Russian aggression against Ukraine. We have once again expressed our solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people,” Papuashvili concluded.
Miloš Vystrčil, the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic, is on a visit to Georgia for a series of meetings in the country, with the official arriving on Sunday with a delegation.
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.
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.
A group of Members of the European Parliament visiting Georgia said on Thursday they were “committed” to support Georgia on its European path and to stand by its people to stop any attempts by Russia to destabilise the country.
Miloš Vystrčil, the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic, on Monday said the European Union's response to the Russian occupation of Georgia’s Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region and its annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea has been “weak”, and called for “unity” within the Union over the matters.
Georgia and the Czech Republic have signed an agreement on priority directions in trade and economic relations between the two countries, the Georgian Economy Ministry announced on Monday.
Georgian authorities hope the European Union will make a “positive decision” to grant candidate status to Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova, ruling Georgian Dream party head Irakli Kobakhidze said on Monday.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Monday marked the delivery of the first completed part of the country’s European Union membership questionnaire as a “big step”.
The close cooperation between Georgia and the Czech Republic was discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic Miloš Vystrčil.
Under the Czech Republic’s Presidency of the European Union, Georgia is “going through an important stage” of its European integration, Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili said following his meeting with Miloš Vystrčil, the President of the Czech Senate, in Tbilisi on Tuesday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Thea Maisuradze, the country’s newly appointed Ambassador to the Czech Republic, on Tuesday reviewed bilateral cooperation between the two countries.