EU confirms commitment to making EaP “more flexible and tailored” to partners
It also noted the EU would explore the possibility of inviting partners from other regions, including from Central Asia, to discuss connectivity-related issues. Photo: Reuters
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The European Union has confirmed its commitment to the Eastern Partnership and willingness to make it “more flexible and tailored” to the needs of partners, the European Council said on Monday following a meeting of foreign ministers of member states and EaP.
Concerning security, the EU will continue to support those Eastern partners who wish so, by providing various types of cooperation and engagement, including on cyber, hybrid, and other non-military means to build their resilience and stability in the region”, the statement said.
It also noted the EU would explore the possibility of inviting partners from other regions, including from Central Asia, to discuss connectivity-related issues.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday stressed the importance of the Eastern Partnership in the process of political and economic rapprochement of the partner countries with the bloc.
In his remarks at the meeting of the ministers in Brussels, Darchiashvili highlighted the significance of the EaP in the process that facilitated taking into account the partner countries’ “individual interests and readiness”.
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.
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 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.
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.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Tuesday said the path Georgia was taking in its European Union integration should ultimately “lead the country” to the EU.
The European Parliament on Wednesday approved the resolution on the implementation of the Association Agreement between Georgia and the European Union.
Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday said the annual report of the European Parliament about Georgia included an “absurd note” on the country’s alleged evasion of sanctions imposed by the international community against Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine and there was not presented “any proof of it” in the report.
Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is hosting the first-ever series of consultations between high-ranking diplomats of Georgia and the Western Balkan countries of Albania, Montenegro, Serbia and North Macedonia on matters related to their European integration.
Questions of the cooperation between Georgia and the European Union were discussed on Friday at a meeting of the EU Integration Commission of Georgia, led by the Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday said the European Union and European friends had “directly stated” that Georgia “belonged to the European family” and the country would “definitely” become a member of the bloc, in comments summing up the foreign policy efforts of the Government in 2022.
Questions of the cooperation between Georgia and the European Union were discussed on Tuesday at a meeting of the country’s EU Integration Commission, led by the Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Wednesday handed over the report on Georgia’s progress under the European Union enlargement package to Pawel Herczynski, the bloc’s Ambassador in the country.
Consultations on European integration are underway in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi between the deputy ministers of foreign and European affairs of Georgia and the countries of the Western Balkans, the Georgian foreign office said on Tuesday.