Georgian FM: Georgia will have “specific, tangible results” in bilateral relations with EU “very soon”
Darchiashvili also highlighted a “very dynamic” process towards the EU and pledged that the country would continue to move “very actively” towards the final integration into the EU. Photo: Foreign Ministry.
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In bilateral relations between Georgia and the European Union, the country will have “specific, tangible results very soon”, Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili said on Sunday, while commenting on the annual Association Agreement Implementation Report of the EU.
The Georgian Public Broadcaster cited Darchiashvili as saying that Georgia has had an “open and ongoing” dialogue with the EU and noting that the Government has been working to overcome “all the existing challenges”.
Darchiashvili also highlighted a “very dynamic” process towards the EU and pledged that the country would continue to move “very actively” towards the final integration into the EU.
The EU published its annual Association Implementation Report on Georgia on Friday, which reviewed the country’s implementation of reforms under the EU-Georgia Association Agreement over the past year.
The European Union published its annual Association Implementation Report on Georgia on Friday. The report has reviewed Georgia’s implementation of reforms under the EU-Georgia Association Agreement over the past year.
Viola von Cramon, a member of the European Parliament and part of a EP delegation on visit to Georgia, on Thursday said it was a “pity” that some opposition groups in Georgia were missing “an important chance” to join the work on the implementation of the conditions outlined by the European Union to Georgia for membership.
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Georgia's European Union integration agenda and its progress on the path were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Julien Crampes, the Acting Head of the European Union Delegation to Georgia, on Thursday called for inclusiveness and involvement of opposition parties and civil society in the Parliamentary work on the 12-point conditions outlined by the EU for granting the country the membership candidate status.
Tamar Taliashvili, an MP for the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday said the Parliamentary work on the 12-point conditions outlined by the EU for granting the country the membership candidate status was proceeding according to plan, with the principles of “openness, transparency and inclusiveness” ensured.
Ilia Darchiashvili, the Georgian Foreign Minister will participate on Tuesday and Wednesday in a two-day informal Gymnich format meeting of the European Union foreign ministers in Czech Republic capital city of Prague, discussing the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the suspension of visa liberalisation for Russian citizens with foreign ministers of the 27 EU member states.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Wednesday said he would have a “very open and very specific” conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba about how the two countries can “strengthen bilateral cooperation and strategic partnership”.
The “role and importance” of the Associated Trio countries of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine under a “new geopolitical agenda” were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Moldovan counterpart Nicu Popescu on the sidelines of the informal meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Prague.
Georgia is ahead of the fellow Associated Trio countries of Moldova and Ukraine in terms of fulfilling conditions for gaining the European Union membership candidate status, economy minister Levan Davitashvili was cited as saying by the ministry on Thursday.
Anri Okhanashvili, the chair of the Georgian parliament's legal affairs committee from the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said the domestic “radical opposition” groups “must explain to the public” and Georgia’s partners “why they have sabotaged” the implementation of the European Union’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.
Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday said Georgia had satisfied the technical preconditions for the European Union candidate status “long time ago” and in terms of technical readiness, it has been a leader of the associated trio countries of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.