EU to invite several countries, including Georgia to summit on new pan-European security body
The rest of the guest-list is straightforward: there will be invites for Norway and Switzerland, non-EU countries deeply integrated into the single market, as well as nine countries hoping to join the EU, including Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and six western Balkan states, plus non-candidates Armenia and Azerbaijan. Photo: Reuters
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The European Union will invite the next UK Prime Minister, as well as nine countries hoping to join the bloc, including Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and six western Balkan states, plus non-candidates Armenia and Azerbaijan to a summit on new pan-European security body scheduled on October 6 in Prague, a British daily newspaper The Guardian reported on Saturday.
Britain’s next prime minister, widely expected to be Liz Truss, will be invited to join fellow leaders across Europe at the summit in Prague on October 6 to forge a European Political Community, a body dedicated to advancing security across the continent amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
The rest of the guest-list is straightforward: there will be invites for Norway and Switzerland, non-EU countries deeply integrated into the single market, as well as nine countries hoping to join the EU, including Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and six western Balkan states, plus non-candidates Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Pawel Herczynski, the European Union’s newly appointed Ambassador, on Friday, presented his credentials to Georgian Foreign Minister, Ilia Darchiashvili, after which the officials discussed the “wide range” of existing cooperation between Georgia and the EU, including the European Council’s decision to grant the country the European perspective.
The next meeting of the European Union-Georgia Association Council will host discussions on relations between the sides, reforms and sectoral cooperation and more in Brussels on Tuesday, the Council of the EU said on Friday.
Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday said the Georgian Government had not deviated from the path that “involves joining the European family”.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament’s European Union Integration Committee, on Friday said Georgia was at a “new stage” in its relations with the European Union and called for making “full use” of “new opportunities” as part of the EU enlargement policy.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said his Government would discuss its progress and ongoing reforms at the meeting of the European Union-Georgia Association Council in Brussels on Tuesday.
Pawel Herczynski, the European Union’s newly appointed Ambassador to Georgia, on Monday presented his credentials to President Salome Zourabichvili, the Presidential Administration said.
Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, on Monday said the “historic decision” by the European Council to grant Georgia the European perspective set a “new reality”.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday said “core aspects” of the Georgia-European Union cooperation agenda would be discussed at the meeting of the Association Council involving the two sides later today.
Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, Georgia's Representative to the European Union, on Tuesday said the Georgia-EU Association Council meeting, scheduled for later today, was of “particular importance” as the first meeting after Georgia receiving the European perspective in its bid for EU membership.
Ruling Georgian Dream party MP Mikheil Sarjveladze on Tuesday called the refusal of a part of the domestic opposition to participate in the GD-proposed working groups for achieving the European Union membership candidate status for the country “anomalous”.
Principal directions of the European Union-Georgia Association Agenda were discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili will feature in the inaugural summit of the European political community, initiated by the European Union and set to be hosted in Prague between Thursday and Friday, the government administration said.
Maka Botchorishvili, the chair of the Georgian parliament’s European Union integration committee, on Thursday said the participation of the country’s prime minister in the inaugural summit of the European political community was an “opportunity” to discuss the “important idea” over the creation of the “new European community”.
Georgian foreign minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday said the inaugural summit of the European political community, set to be hosted in Prague between Thursday and Friday, would focus on the “challenges that threaten the global security architecture” and on the question of how to continue “building the European family”.