Finnish FM stresses role of EU conditions in bringing Georgia “closer” to bloc
Haavisto noted the Eastern Partnership platform of the EU was “extremely important”, adding it was “very good” to meet foreign ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Photo: Reuters
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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.
Haavisto noted the Eastern Partnership platform of the EU was “extremely important”, adding it was “very good” to meet foreign ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
We will discuss with the Georgian Foreign Minister the steps to be taken in the country as well as the current events in Georgia. We look forward to all the requirements being met to bring the country closer to the EU”, the top Finnish diplomat said.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will feature in the ministerial meeting on Monday, with the event bringing together EU foreign ministers and their counterparts from the EaP.
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.
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 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”.
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.
Efforts made by the Georgian Government on the path of European integration were discussed on Monday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.