Georgian PM to discuss Euro-Atlantic integration, EU membership bid, security matters with EU officials
Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili left for Brussels on Monday together with Garibashvili, to hold meetings with ministers of foreign affairs of EU member states. Photo: Government Administration
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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.
Within the framework of a two-day visit, the head of the Georgian Government will discuss his country’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration agenda, matters related to the European Union membership questionnaire handed in by his Government, as well as the security situation in the Black Sea region.
Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili left for Brussels on Monday together with Garibashvili, to hold meetings with ministers of foreign affairs of EU member states.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, on an official visit to Brussels, will meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met Roberta Metsola, the President of the European Parliament, on Tuesday to discuss the process of the country’s membership in the European Union.