Tbilisi Mayor: Georgia’s path to Europe irreversible
Kaladze, who is also the GD General Secretary, said the application “marks our historic choice”, adding the country “deserves to be a member of the European family!” in a tweet. Photo: Tbilisi City Hall
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Georgia’s path to Europe is irreversible, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said on Wednesday in response to the decision by the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party to apply for the country’s European Union membership immediately.
Kaladze, who is also the GD General Secretary, said the application “marks our historic choice”, adding the country “deserves to be a member of the European family!” in a tweet.
???????????????? #Georgia’s application to join the #European Union marks our historic choice.
— Kakha Kaladze (@kakhakala) March 2, 2022
Our path to Europe is irreversible.#Georgia deserves to be a member of the European family!
On Wednesday, GD party Chairman Irakli Kobakhidze said the government was already preparing an application for obtaining EU candidate status.
The development followed the preparation of a draft resolution on the country’s EU membership by the Committee on European Integration of the Georgian Parliament on Tuesday.
The resolution called on EU member states and institutions to take all necessary steps to accelerate Georgia's accession to the Union.
On Wednesday, Georgia’s Imedi channel released its interview with Heidi Hautala, a Member of the European Parliament from Finland, who said “Ukraine and Georgia deserve European prospects”.
The European Union is about to receive membership applications from Georgia and Moldova “imminently”, an EU official told Reuters on Thursday.
The new political situation should be used not only by Georgia, but also by the European Union, Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chairman of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, said on Wednesday in response to the decision by the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party to apply for the country’s EU membership immediately.
History has deemed the European choice of the Georgian people as its strategic aim, the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Thursday with his signing of the country’s application for receiving the candidate status of a European Union member state
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has praised a “historic day” for Georgia with his signing of the country’s bid for European Union membership on Thursday, saying the move “continues the efforts of our ancestors, which was aimed at unification in a common European family.”
Georgia has expressed its support and assistance to Ukraine on all international platforms, Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party, said in an interview released by Imedi TV on Wednesday.