EU ambassador hopes commissioner’s visit will push EU-Georgia relations “even further”
Herczynski noted Tuesday’s visit of Varhelyi would focus on the EU conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status, as well as economic and investment plans. Photo: European Union in Georgia
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Pawel Herczynski, the European Union’s ambassador to Georgia, on Tuesday said he hoped the visit of Oliver Varhelyi, the EU commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement, to the country would push the relations “even further”.
Herczynski noted Tuesday’s visit of the Varhelyi would focus on the EU conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status, as well as economic and investment plans.
We have a very busy programme at the invitation of the Georgian prime minister. We will also see the president. We will have a meeting in Parliament, involving all political parties”, he explained.
“I sincerely hope that this visit will push the EU-Georgia relations even further. I'm really excited and I'm looking forward to a very successful visit of commissioner Várhelyi”, Herczynski said.
Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement, will visit Georgia to hold meetings on Tuesday, the government administration has announced.
Josep Borrell, the vice president of the European Commission and high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy, on Thursday said the bloc would “step up” its work in support of cyber defence capacity building of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova among other partners.
Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, on Tuesday said the “most important “advice for Georgia was to focus on the conditions of the European Commission for granting the country the EU membership candidate status, and expressed his hope “all stakeholders” in the country would work on the objective.
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 agriculture minister Otar Shamugia on Tuesday said the government was “actively working” to fulfil the European Union’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status, adding it would be “good” if the domestic opposition joined this process.
Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, Georgia's representative to the European Union, on Tuesday said the visit of Oliver Varhelyi, the EU commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement, to the country would focus on the “new opportunities” the “new reality” had brought to Georgia.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday said his government was “well aware” of the importance of the country’s “European future” and was recognising the “responsibility and spirit” of the realisation in its work on the implementation of the conditions or receiving the European Union membership candidate status.
Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement, on Tuesday told a press briefing in Tbilisi there were “obvious” signs the Georgian economy was developing.