Opposition party leader welcomes German Ambassador’s end of mission in Georgia
"The [current] German Ambassador has a few days left in Georgia, and I welcome the fact that he is ending his mission in Georgia. I hope that it will be much more interesting to work with the new Ambassador, who will soon start working in Georgia", Vashadze told the Georgian Public Broadcaster. Photo: News.ge
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Giorgi Vashadze, the leader of the Strategy Agmashenebeli opposition party, on Wednesday welcomed the ending of the diplomatic mission of Hubert Knirsch, the German Ambassador to Georgia, while saying he hoped working with the next head of the Embassy would be “much more interesting” for the party.
"The [current] German Ambassador has a few days left in Georgia, and I welcome the fact that he is ending his mission in Georgia. I hope that it will be much more interesting to work with the new Ambassador, who will soon start working in Georgia", Vashadze told the Georgian Public Broadcaster.
Knirsch on Wednesday said “some parties [in Georgia] do not have a tradition of working with each other, it is difficult, but this is what the European Union hopes to see in Georgia”, in comments to the political division over the fulfilment of the European Union’s conditions for granting Georgia the membership candidate status later this year.
The Ambassador noted the fulfilment of the conditions was a “big challenge” for the Georgian political spectrum and said domestic political parties must find the “strength to cooperate” with each other.
Nacho Sánchez Amor, a Member of the European Parliament, on Wednesday said he supported granting Georgia the European Union membership candidate status immediately, claiming putting Georgia in a “different situation” from Moldova and Ukraine had been a “wrong decision” that had increased polarisation in the country’s domestic political environment.
German Ambassador to Georgia Hubert Knirsch on Wednesday said the 12-point conditions established by the European Union for granting Georgia the membership candidate status later this year were a “big challenge” for the Georgian political spectrum and noted the domestic political parties must find the “strength to cooperate” with each other.
Tamar Taliashvili, an MP for the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said the domestic “radical opposition” had “no interest” in being a constructive player in taking part in the fulfilment of the 12-point conditions established by the European Union for granting the country the membership candidate status later this year.
Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Sunday said a part of the domestic opposition had “boycotted Europe” and the implementation of the conditions outlined by the European Union for granting the country the membership candidate status later this year.
Giorgi Vashadze, the head of the Strategy Agmashenebeli opposition party, on Thursday announced an agreement on a joint action plan with Girchi - More Freedom and Droa opposition parties as their bid to “act for Georgia’s European Union membership candidate status”.