EU ambassador: doors to European Union “open” for Georgia
Herczynski noted the European perspective, granted by EU institutions to the country in June, was “crystal clear” and Georgia had a “window of opportunity” for its integration aspirations. Photo: 1tv.ge
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Pawel Herczynski, the European Union ambassador to Georgia, on Friday said the “doors to the European Union” were “open” for Georgia.
Herczynski noted the European perspective, granted by EU institutions to the country in June, was “crystal clear” and Georgia had a “window of opportunity” for its integration aspirations.
The doors to the European Union are open for Georgia. The European perspective is crystal clear and Georgia has a window of opportunity. It is for Georgians to deliver on the 12 recommendations”, Herczynski said in reference to the conditions outlined for the country to receive the membership candidate status.
The diplomat also expressed his hope that “all stakeholders” of the domestic scene, both from the government and the opposition, would take advantage of the “open door” and move forward in implementing the conditions.
On June 24, the European Council granted the membership candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova, and said it would be ready to grant the same status to Georgia once the outstanding priorities outlined by the European Commission would be addressed by the Georgian government.
Thomas Mühlmann, the ambassador of Austria to Georgia, on Thursday said he was confident that if both the government and the opposition in Georgia worked together for fulfilling conditions for European Union membership candidate status, the objective would be successfully accomplished.
Peter Fischer, the German ambassador to Georgia, on Wednesday said the process of the country implementing the European Union conditions for receiving the membership candidate status should be “inclusive, democratic and pluralistic”.
Peter Fischer, the newly appointed ambassador of Germany to Georgia, on Wednesday said the European perspective - granted to Georgia by the European Council in June in response to the country’s application for European Union membership - was a “great opportunity” for Georgia, with the path to eventual membership candidate status being “very clear”.
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”.
The working group of the Georgian parliament engaged in implementing the European Union conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status on Monday prepared an action plan for the reform of the judiciary of the country, the press service of the Georgian parliament said.
Georgia’s European Union integration progress and the country’s implementation of the EU recommendations for granting it the membership candidate status were discussed on Monday in a meeting between Maka Botchorishvili, the chair of the Georgian parliament’s EU integration committee, and a delegation of the national security and defence committee of the Lithuanian parliament.
Existing threats and challenges in the Black Sea region on the backdrop of a “deteriorating security environment” were discussed on Monday in a meeting between the Georgian defence minister Juansher Burchuladze and Pawel Herczynski, the European Union ambassador to Georgia.
Domagoj Hajduković, the chair of the European affairs committee of the Croatian parliament who is on a visit to Georgia, on Tuesday said he was “very disappointed” that Georgia had not been granted the European Union membership candidate status in June, while expressing his confidence that once necessary reforms are implemented, the country will receive the status.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday said his government would fulfil all conditions outlined by the European Union for granting the country the membership candidate status.
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”.
Pawel Herczynski, the European Union ambassador to Georgia, on Thursday said he hoped the implementation of the bloc’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status would be carried out in a “very inclusive and transparent manner” and with the participation of “all stakeholders” including the domestic opposition.
Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, on Wednesday held the second round of his meetings with officials of the Georgian Parliament to review the process of the implementation of the European Union conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.