PM Garibashvili: Georgia's “European choice” has “no alternative”
Georgia's European integration choice is a decision of both the Government and citizens of the country and has “no alternative,” PM Garibashvili said at an event dedicated to celebrations of Europe Day on Monday. Photo: PM's press office.
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Georgia's European integration choice is a decision of both the Government and citizens of the country and has “no alternative,” Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said at an event dedicated to celebrations of Europe Day on Monday.
In comments marking the country’s aspirations for integration, the PM highlighted the Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area deal signed with the European Union in 2014.
President Zourabichvili meets PM Garibashvili at the event. Photo:PM's press office.
He also pointed to the 2017 approval of visa-free travel with the EU and the recently finalised questionnaire for the country’s formal application for Union membership.
EU Ambassador Carl Hartzell, PM Irakli Garibashvili at the event dedicated to the Europe Day. Photo: PM's press office.
The Government head also mentioned the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, noting an end to the war was "important to all of us".
This is a challenge for the security of Europe, and of course the consequences of the war will determine the coming days for the whole world, including us, for Georgia. Therefore, it is very important how the modern world will respond to this challenge. With Europe, Georgians unite on our common values; these are the values that are fundamental, and which we will never deviate from", Garibashvili said.
Europe Day commemorates the historic 1950 Schuman Declaration that laid out a vision for a peaceful postwar Europe and led to the formation of the EU.