Georgian FM to participate in Eastern Partnership foreign ministers meeting
The discussion provides an opportunity to “reflect on the future” of the Eastern Partnership, as well as on security challenges and consequences of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine for the Black Sea region. Photo: MFA of Georgia
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Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will feature in a ministerial meeting of the Eastern Partnership on Monday, with the event bringing together European Union foreign ministers and their counterparts from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
The ministerial is held under the chairmanship of Josep Borrell, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the press office of the Council of the EU said.
The discussion provides an opportunity to “reflect on the future” of the Eastern Partnership, as well as on security challenges and consequences of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine for the Black Sea region.
The EU body also said ministers would in particular discuss how to best support EU partners’ resilience, bring the bloc and its Eastern partners “closer together”, and ensure the advancement of rule of law and reforms in the entire region.
Participants will also review how to accelerate delivery of the Economic and Investment Plan as a key tool to advancing the green and digital transitions, and boost socio-economic recovery throughout the region.
Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, on Thursday said Georgia’s location placed “high importance” on the country in its role as an alternative trade route for transportation of goods from Asia to Europe in the wake of Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine.
Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, on Thursday said the ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine had changed the existing security environment, “further increasing the importance” of the Black Sea and South Caucasus regions.
Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday said Georgia's aspirations to join the European Union were “well received” in the Netherlands.
Georgia's integration into the European Union, the “severe” situation in the Russian-occupied territories of the county and the ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, and Urška Klakočar Zupančič, the Speaker of the Slovenian Parliament.
Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Policy, on Sunday announced the bloc would allocate €17 billion for the economic and investment plan of its Eastern Partnership initiative, including €2.3 billion in estimated total investments for the Black Sea Strategic Submarine Electricity Cable.
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares Bueno on Monday said Georgia’s European path must end by the country joining “the European family”, in remarks over the Eastern Partnership foreign ministers meeting in Brussels.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday said he would discuss his country’s progress on its European Union integration path and prospects for further sectoral and economic cooperation with the EU at the bloc’s Eastern Partnership meeting in Brussels.
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto on Monday expressed his hope that all of the conditions set by the European Union for granting Georgia the membership candidate status would be met to bring the country “closer” to the bloc, in remarks over the Eastern Partnership foreign ministers meeting in Brussels.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, on Monday said “most” of the foreign ministers at the EU’s Eastern Partnership meeting on Monday had “emphasised” that the European perspectives of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova should be implemented “as quickly as possible” within the framework of the bloc’s enlargement policy.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday stressed the importance of the European Union’s Eastern Partnership in the process of political and economic rapprochement of the partner countries with the bloc.
The “successful” relations between Georgia and the European Union and the efforts made by the country’s Government for integration into the bloc were discussed on Monday in a meeting between Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Policy.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will feature in a ministerial meeting of the Eastern Partnership on Monday and Tuesday - the event bringing together European Union foreign ministers and their counterparts from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.