Georgian, French foreign ministers discuss Georgia’s EU bid questionnaire
The meeting also focused on the security environment in the Black Sea region and the challenges facing Georgia, as well as recent developments in the Russian-occupied regions Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).Photo: Foreign Affairs Ministry.
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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.
The two officials noted France's support for the European aspirations of the three states, highlighting the country’s role in the process given the French Presidency of the Council of the EU, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said.
The ministers said they hoped EU member states would support the European aspirations of the countries by granting them candidate status for membership.
The meeting also focused on the security environment in the Black Sea region and the challenges facing Georgia, as well as recent developments in the Russian-occupied regions Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Speaking about bilateral relations, Darchiashvili and Le Drian also reviewed relations between their states within the format of the French-Georgian political dialogue, named after Dimitri Amilakhvari, a Georgian officer and a national hero of France.
The Georgian Foreign Minister is holding meetings with his colleagues from EU member states in Brussels, within the framework of the EU External Relations Council.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Enrico Valvo, the Italian Ambassador to Georgia, on Tuesday said the European Union membership bid of the country should be evaluated on “historical data,” in an address at a meeting of the Georgian Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Georgia's application for European Union membership, as well as the progress made by the country in implementing the 2014 EU-Georgia Association Agreement and related democratic reforms were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the President of the European Council Charles Michel.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday said his Government expected the country to receive the “result we deserve” following discussions in Brussels on the European Union membership questionnaire submitted by Georgia to EU authorities.
European and Euro-Atlantic integration process, bilateral relations and security matters were discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Macedonian counterpart Bujar Osmani.
The cooperation between Austria and Georgia in both bilateral and international formats, the war in Ukraine and Georgia’s European agenda were discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg.
Successful Georgian cooperation on “all important issues” as part of the Council of Europe was discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Marija Pejčinović Burić, the CoE Secretary General.
Georgia’s Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili discussed the country’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration with Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra on Thursday as part of his visit to the Netherlands.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry on Friday expressed its “absolute astonishment” with “slanderous accusations” by Tea Katukia, Georgia’s former Ambassador to France, after the former diplomat alleged “continuous pressure” from the Ministry and claimed to have identified “serious violations and structural malfunctions” at the Embassy before her resignation.