Parliament speaker: once EU status conditions are met, authorities expect bloc to assess process “as quickly as possible”
The comment has come as a Georgian parliamentary delegation chaired by Papuashvili is attending the inaugural Crimea Platform Parliamentary Summit, with the event hosted in the Croatian capital of Zagreb. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Speaker of the Georgian parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Monday said once the European Union conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status were implemented, Georgian authorities expected the bloc to assess the process “as quickly as possible” and make an “appropriate decision”.
The comment has come as a Georgian parliamentary delegation chaired by Papuashvili is attending the inaugural Crimea Platform Parliamentary Summit, with the event hosted in the Croatian capital of Zagreb.
Papuashvili noted meetings with European counterparts were a “good opportunity” to deepen bilateral relations.
This is a good opportunity to talk about bilateral relations with different countries, including the issue of integration into the European Union. [...] We share with our counterparts our expectation that, once these recommendations are implemented, the European Union will assess this process as quickly as possible and make an appropriate decision”, the head of the legislative body said.
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 are addressed by the Georgian government.
A Georgian parliamentary delegation chaired by speaker Shalva Papuashvili will attend the inaugural Crimea Platform Parliamentary Summit on Tuesday, with the event hosted in the Croatian capital of Zagreb due to Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine.
Maka Botchorishvili, the chair of the Georgian parliament's European Union integration committee, on Monday highlighted the Austrian government’s support for Georgia's European Union integration process.
Maka Botchorishvili, the chair of the Georgian parliament's European Union integration committee, on Sunday reviewed the importance of eastward expansion of the European Union for both Georgia and Europe, the process of the country's integration into the bloc and the “historic importance” of the EU granting Georgia a European perspective, at the Salzburg Europe Summit.
The United States “strongly supports” the desire of Georgia and Moldova to join the European Union, Karen Donfried, the United States assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, said on Tuesday.
Ulrik Tideström, the ambassador of Sweden to Georgia, on Tuesday said the European Union had opened its door to Georgia and “clearly recognised” the country’s European perspective.
Georgian finance minister Lasha Khutsishvili on Tuesday said the United States was Georgia’s “strategic partner”, adding the quality of cooperation between the sides and its further development was “very important”.