PM: Gov’t progress, reforms to be discussed at EU-Georgia Association Council meeting
The Georgian delegation, led by Garibashvili and involving ministers of Economy and Sustainable Development and Foreign Affairs, is scheduled to depart for Brussels today. Photo: Government Administration
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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.
The Georgian delegation, led by Garibashvili and involving ministers of Economy and Sustainable Development and Foreign Affairs, is scheduled to depart for Brussels today, the Government Administration said.
We will talk about all the progress, all the reforms we are working on. Also, naturally, we will talk about the 12-point conditions [outlined by EU for granting Georgia the candidate status], which are being actively worked on by our ruling [Georgian Dream] party in the Parliament”, the head of the Government said.
Garibashvili added the meeting in Brussels would also focus on the current political and economic situation in the country, as well as the challenges in the Black Sea region related to the war in Ukraine.
I want to say once again that we will present in detail to our European partners the progress we have made”, the PM concluded in his comments.
The EU-Georgia Association Council will discuss EU-Georgia's relations against the background of the country’s membership application, with a focus on political dialogue and reform, economic and sectoral cooperation, trade and related matters, and peaceful conflict resolution.
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.
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.
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.
The “positive dynamics” of Georgia's implementation of its 2014-signed Association Agenda with the European Union were discussed between Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Sven Mikser, the Rapporteur on Georgia of the European Parliament on Tuesday in Brussels.
Main priorities of European Union-Georgia cooperation, the progress achieved on the country’s road to European integration and the current situation in the Russian-occupied regions of Georgia were discussed between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Michael Gahler, the Member of the European Parliament, in Brussels on Tuesday.
Pawel Herczynski, the European Union ambassador to Georgia, on Tuesday said the implementation of the European Union conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status required involvement of both the government and the opposition, calling the objective a goal that “should unite” the country.
Georgian justice minister Rati Bregadze and Ladislav Hamran, the president of the European Union agency for criminal justice cooperation, on Tuesday, discussed Georgia’s “prioritised” cooperation with the Eurojust and the EU countries.