Georgia supports Ukraine’s sovereignty and independence “at all levels” - PM
“We understand very well what reality we have to live in today - it is the occupation - […] [o]ur main task and goal is de-occupation of our country in a peaceful way and [its] [re]integration”, Garibashvili noted and pointed out Georgia’s future was in the European Union.Photo: Government's administration.
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Georgia is supporting Ukraine, the country’s sovereignty and independence “as much as possible” and “at all levels”, prime minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Tuesday in a press conference in Tbilisi with Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement.
Garibashvili highlighted Georgia had itself experienced war “on a different scale” in August 2008, adding a “big challenge” of the legacy of the conflict remained since the war in the form of the ongoing occupation of two of the country’s regions by Russia.
The PM added it was “in the national interest” of Georgia to enjoy a “period of peace, stability and development”, and highlighted the “reasonable” foreign policy of his government for the purpose.
Photo: Government's administration.
“We understand very well what reality we have to live in today - it is the occupation - […] [o]ur main task and goal is de-occupation of our country in a peaceful way and [its] [re]integration”, Garibashvili noted and pointed out Georgia’s future was in the European Union.
Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement, on Tuesday said Georgia required “national consensus” to meet the 12-point conditions set by the bloc for granting the country the membership candidate status.
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.
“All genuine results” achieved on Georgia’s European integration path are the “merit” of the current government of the country, prime minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Tuesday at a press conference in Tbilisi with Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement.
The European Union accession process of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova should be accompanied by “unwavering support” from the bloc’s institutions, Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili told Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement, in a face-to-face meeting in Tbilisi on Tuesday.
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Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement, on Tuesday told a press briefing in Tbilisi the bloc wanted to have a “partnership in terms of reliable energy supply from Georgia”, and to establish energy security in Georgia, the Caucasus and Europe through the initiative.
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