Spanish FM: Georgia’s European path must end in European family
Bueno noted it was “very clear” that there was a “place” for the countries of the European Union’s Easterm Partnership platform “in the European family”. Photo: MFA of Spain
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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.
Bueno noted it was “very clear” that there was a “place” for the countries of the European Union’s Easterm Partnership platform “in the European family”.
I had the opportunity to meet my Georgian counterpart a few weeks ago in Madrid. I conveyed the message that there is a European path that must be completed by joining the European family. This is the message I will convey during today's meeting”, Bueno said.
“In six months, Spain will preside over the EU Council. It is a very important time for these [Eastern Partnership] countries to engage in dialogue with all of us in order to prepare well for the next step. It is very clear that there is a place for them in the European family”, he concluded.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will feature in the ministerial meeting on Monday, with the event bringing together European Union foreign ministers and their counterparts from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
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.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday highlighted his meeting with counterparts in the Luxembourg Parliament by saying “along with their hearts, their voices also support Georgia’s European perspective”.
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.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, on Wednesday said Luxembourg would be a contributor to the integration of Georgia into the European Union.
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.
Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, on Tuesday said the country’s European partners were “not hesitant to admit” that denying Georgia the European Union membership candidate status in June had been a “mistake”.
The “fruitful cooperation” between Georgia and Spain in both bilateral and multilateral formats was discussed on Wednesday by Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Spanish counterpart José Manuel Albares.