Georgian, Danish Parliament officials discuss Georgia's EU membership bid, upcoming NATO Summit
The meeting also focused on the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the security challenges in the Black Sea region, the press office of the Georgian Parliament said. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Georgia's bid for European Union membership and the expectations of the upcoming NATO Summit were discussed on Friday in a meeting between a delegation of the Georgian Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations led by Chair Nikoloz Samkharadze, and Bertel Haarder, the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Danish Parliament.
The meeting also focused on the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the security challenges in the Black Sea region, the press office of the Georgian Parliament said.
Samkharadze briefed his Danish counterparts on Georgia's reforms as part of the process of the country’s EU and NATO integration, the situation in the Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, and Georgia's support for Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.
The meeting particularly focused on the NATO Summit in Madrid, with the Danish Parliament officials pledging their support for Georgia's accession to NATO and its application for EU membership. Danish lawmakers also reaffirmed their support for Georgia's territorial integrity.
Nothing will change Georgia’s determination to pursue its path toward the European Union and NATO membership, President Salome Zourabichvili said on Thursday in an interview with the French magazine Marie Claire.
Georgia's European Union integration process deserves “strong support” from Italy, Mario Perantoni, the Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, said on Thursday.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament’s European Union Integration Committee, said on Tuesday she expected the conclusion of the European Commission on Georgia’s EU membership bid would be “positive”.
Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili said on Tuesday Georgia “truly deserves” a “positive decision” from the European Union on its ongoing membership bid.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday thanked state agencies and individuals who “spared no effort” in completing the second, more voluminous part of the country’s European Union membership questionnaire “in the shortest possible time”.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday congratulated the country’s European “friends and partners” on Europe Day.
Georgian and European Union officials on Monday marked Europe Day, commemorating the historic 1950 Schuman declaration that laid out a vision for a peaceful postwar Europe and led to the formation of the EU.
The Georgian leadership will be invited to the NATO Summit that will be held in Madrid at the end of June, Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană said in a doorstep statement earlier today, ahead of an informal meeting of NATO ministers of foreign affairs in Berlin.
Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen will visit Georgia to hold meetings with Georgian officials on Sunday and Monday, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said.
Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen on Sunday arrived in Georgia on an official two-day visit, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said.
Bilateral relations between Georgia and Denmark and cooperation in regional formats were discussed on Monday in a meeting between Levan Davitashvili, the Georgian Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, and Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday hosted his Danish counterpart Lars Løkke Rasmussen in an official meeting where he pledged Tbilisi remained committed to international sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine last year.