President of European Commission: EU stands by Georgia in these difficult times
"The EU stands by Georgia and supports its sovereignty and resilience in these difficult times.," said the president of the European Commission.
Photo: Ursula von der Leyen/Twitter
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President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has reaffirmed her support for Georgia's sovereignty following her meeting with President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili on Tuesday.
During the meeting, the officials discussed the situation in Ukraine in the wake of Russia's ongoing military invasion of the country.
President von der Leyen expressed readiness to strengthen cooperation with Georgia in terms of hybrid threats, cyber security and strategic communication.
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— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) March 1, 2022
The EU stands by Georgia and supports its sovereignty and resilience in these difficult times.
We are ready to step up our cooperation, including on cyber security, strategic communication and hybrid threats. pic.twitter.com/wAUvaZv03Y
President Zourabichvili reiterated her solidarity with the Ukrainian people in a video address on Monday, saying Europe had shown its “dignity” with “unity and active support” of Ukraine in the face of the Russian aggression.
Russia began its military assault on Ukraine last week, after President Putin’s announcement of the recognition of the independence of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk on February 21.
The international community has condemned the invasion, expressing support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The European Union, United States and several other countries have imposed sanctions on Russia.
Europeans have a different outlook on the future of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, three of the countries in the European Union’s Eastern Partnership initiative, following the invasion of the former by Russia last week, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has said.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili praised her Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for being an "exemplary leader" in the wake of Russia's ongoing military invasion of Ukraine following a telephone conversation on Saturday evening.
EU Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen has sent a letter to Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili in which she welcomed the wish of Zurabishvili to visit Brussels once the public health situation allows.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has sent kind wishes to German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen, who was elected the first female president of the European Commission yesterday. Leyen is also the first German in the position for more than 50 years.
The Georgian government will raise the matter of accelerating the question of its European Union aspirations, Nikoloz Samkharadze, the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) MP who chairs the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Tuesday.
A draft resolution in support of an accelerated process of Georgia’s European Union integration has drawn contrasting reactions from different sections of the country’s political establishment, after its proposal by the Committee on European Integration of the Georgian Parliament on Wednesday.
We must provide Ukraine and Georgia with European prospects, Heidi Hautala, a Member of the European Parliament from Finland, said in an interview Imedi channel released on Wednesday.
The current developments in Ukraine, Germany's support for Georgia's European integration process, and the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries were discussed between presidents Salome Zourabichvili and Frank-Walter Steinmeier in a meeting in Berlin on Monday.
Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili will meet officials of the European Union in Brussels after departing for the official visit to the city on Monday, the President’s Administration said.