Georgian FM: PM’s Brussels visit “of special importance”
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. Photo: 1tv.ge
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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.
The Prime Minister of Georgia will hold meetings with the presidents of the European Parliament and the Council of Europe, and other important, high-ranking officials in the European Commission. The meeting with the Secretary General at the NATO Headquarters will also be a very important part of this visit, bringing an additional impetus for this very important part of our foreign policy,” the top Georgian diplomat said.
On Monday, Garibashvili left for Brussels to hold high-level meetings with the officials in Brussels, with his meetings to involve discussions around the EU membership questionnaire Georgia has submitted.
On May 10, Garibashvili handed over the second completed part of the questionnaire, filled out by the country ahead of schedule, to Carl Hartzell, the Head of the EU Delegation to Georgia.
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.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili will travel today to Brussels to hold high-level meetings with the Secretary General of NATO, presidents of the European Council and the European Parliament, as well as other high-ranking European Union officials, the Government Administration said.
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.
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.
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.
Georgia’s partners in bilateral formats “speak openly and freely” about the importance of the country's European prospects and “actively support” further integration of Georgia into the European family, Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili said on Monday following his meetings with European counterparts at the EU External Relations Council in Brussels.
The applications for European Union membership by the Associated Trio countries of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia and the procedures related to their self-assessment questionnaires for the European Commission were discussed by Ilia Darchiashvili, the Georgian Foreign Affairs Minister, and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian at the EU External Relations Council in Brussels on Monday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili is set to hold high-level bilateral meetings at the European Council, the European Commission, the European Parliament and NATO as part of his visit to Belgium, the Government Administration said on Tuesday.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday said the country’s prospects for European Union candidate status and “tangible mechanisms” for deepening its EU integration would be discussed within the framework of meetings during his two-day visit to Brussels starting today.
Georgia's membership in the European Union is “an important issue,” Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative, said on Tuesday, ahead of a meeting of EU defence ministers in Brussels.
Georgia has made the most progress among Eastern Partnership states in implementing the Association Agreement signed with the European Union, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told reporters in the central Georgian city of Gori on Saturday.
Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, Georgia's Representative to the European Union, on Wednesday said the upcoming visit of Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili to Brussels for high-level meetings with European Commissioners would be “very important” for the country.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Saturday said “a number of meetings” had involved the Government head and Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili with European Union leaders to discuss the country's European integration process and its EU membership bid.