Parliament Speaker hopes for “historic and correct” EU decision on granting candidate status to Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova
Papuashvili also expressed gratitude to the agencies and individuals involved in completing the questionnaire, praising the “several hundred public officials” whose work “almost round-the-clock” to fill out responses to the 2,669 questions in the questionnaire had accomplished the task. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, on Tuesday said he hoped the European Union would make a “historic and correct” decision by granting the Associated Trio countries of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova the status of membership candidates.
Speaking after Georgia’s Prime Minister handed over the completed EU membership questionnaire to the EU Delegation Head on Tuesday, Papuashvili thanked the PM for “successfully leading the unprecedented volume” of work for completing the document ahead of schedule.
Papuashvili also expressed gratitude to the agencies and individuals involved in completing the questionnaire, praising the “several hundred public officials” whose work “almost round-the-clock” to fill out responses to the 2,669 questions in the questionnaire had accomplished the task.
The Georgian Prime Minister handed over the questionnaire, completed three days before an EU-set deadline, to Carl Hartzell, the Head of the EU Delegation to Georgia. Garibashvili handed over the first completed part of the questionnaire to Hartzell on May 2.
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 and Moldova have received the same “green light” from the European Union concerning their membership applications as Ukraine, Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili said on Friday, following EU leaders’ decision to invite the European Commission to submit opinions on the applications.
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.
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.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili handed over the second completed part of Georgia's European Union membership questionnaire, filled out by the country ahead of schedule, to Carl Hartzell, the Head of the EU Delegation to Georgia, on Tuesday.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday said the visit of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili to Brussels this week was “of special importance,” pointing to meetings with European Union leaders on the schedule of the Government head.