EU Ambassador expects European Commission opinion on Georgia’s candidate status in “coming weeks”
Hartzell also congratulated the Georgian military on Independence Day of Georgia, saying they were not only serving the defence of the country but also protected “European values” globally in peacekeeping missions in Afghanistan, the African continent and elsewhere. Photo: European Union in Georgia
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Carl Hartzell, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, on Thursday said he expected the European Commission to present its opinion on granting the EU membership candidate status to the Associated Trio countries of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in the next “two or three weeks”.
The Commission has been deliberating over Georgia’s formal application since the submission by the Government of the completed membership questionnaire of the country earlier this month.
Hartzell also congratulated the Georgian military on Independence Day of Georgia, saying they were not only serving the defence of the country but also protected “European values” globally in peacekeeping missions in Afghanistan, the African continent and elsewhere.
Foreign ambassadors and international partners have extended their messages of congratulation to Georgian citizens on the country’s Independence Day throughout today.
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.
The “ball is in Georgia's court” on the “big and difficult” job on the path of the country’s European Union membership process, Carl Hartzell, the EU Ambassador to Georgia, said at a press conference on the handover of the membership questionnaire to Georgian authorities on Monday.
Oliver Varhelyi, the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, handed over the European Union membership questionnaire to the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday.
Georgia's future is European and the country’s “place is in the European Union,” Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Ilia Darchiashvili said on Friday at a plenary meeting of the Georgian Parliament.