Vice PM: Georgia has "very high, reasonable and legitimate” expectations of joining EU
The Vice PM was speaking on Tuesday, the date set by the Georgian Government for its handover of the second completed part of the country’s European Union membership questionnaire to the EU. Photo: 1tv.ge
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Thea Tsulukiani, the Vice Prime Minister and Georgian Minister of Culture, on Tuesday said Georgia had “very high, reasonable and legitimate” expectations of joining the European Union if the latter showed the "necessary fairness" in its decision on the matter.
If the European Union shows a necessary fairness - I say ‘if’ because granting a candidate status and especially a member status is a political process - in this case, we have very high, reasonable and legitimate expectations, as a state and the Georgian nation, to take our rightful place in Europe, which has belonged to us for centuries,” Thea Tsulukiani said.
The Vice PM was speaking on Tuesday, the date set by the Georgian Government for its handover of the second completed part of the country’s European Union membership questionnaire to the EU.
Based on the questionnaire, the European Commission will prepare an evaluation report on granting the candidate status to the country, with the relevant decision expected by the end of June.
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.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday congratulated the country’s European “friends and partners” on Europe Day.
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”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday personally handed over the first completed part of the country’s European Union membership questionnaire to Carl Hartzell, the Head of the EU Delegation to Georgia.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday expressed his hope the country’s progress on the path of European Union integration would be “properly” assessed by its European partners.
Bogdan Aurescu, Romania's Foreign Minister, on Monday said Romania was “one of the biggest supporters” of Georgia's European integration, and pointed out the country “belonged” to the European Union along with Ukraine and Moldova.