PM: new chapter in relations with EU motivates us to accelerate reform agenda
In his reaction, PM Garibashvili expressed gratitude for this “important decision”.Photo: Government's administration.
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Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili welcomed the EU Council’s decision to ask the European Commission to examine applications for Union membership submitted by Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine on Twitter, stating “This new chapter in our relations motivates us to accelerate our reform agenda”.
In his reaction, Garibashvili expressed gratitude for this “important decision”.
Welcome the Council’s decision to ask the EC to examine the applications for the EU membership submitted by ????????????????????????. This new chapter in our relations motivates us to accelerate our reform agenda. We are grateful for this important decision.
— Irakli Garibashvili (@GharibashviliGe) March 7, 2022
Early, COREPER II agreed to invite the EU Commission to present an opinion on each of the applications for EU membership submitted by Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, the French delegation to the European Council tweeted.
Coreper II is composed of each EU member states' permanent representatives. It is chaired by the permanent representative of the country holding the presidency of the General Affairs Council.
Georgia officially applied for EU membership on March 3, with Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili signing the country’s membership application.
PM Garibashvili signs Georgia’s application for EU membership on “historic day”
The process of Georgia’s European Union accession is “no less important” than membership in the Union, Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chairman of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, told reporters on Tuesday.
The message to the aggressor Putin must be clear that Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova are future members of the European Union, Member of the European Parliament Petras Austrevicius told the Georgian Public Broadcaster on Tuesday.
Gaining European Union membership is a long and time-consuming process, Georgia's Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said on Monday following the EU Council’s decision to ask the European Commission to examine the applications for the membership submitted by Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
COREPER II agreed to invite the EU Commission to present an opinion on each of the applications for EU membership submitted by Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, the French delegation to the European Council tweeted.
The Head of the Georgian Mission to the European Union, Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, on Thursday formally presented the official application of the country for European Union membership to Philippe Léglise-Costa, France’s Permanent Representative to the EU.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili has signed the application for European Union membership on behalf of the country, noting the “historic day” in his address to citizens.
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.”
The official application submitted by Georgia for European Union membership, and the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine, were discussed by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo in a phone call on Tuesday.
The door to the European Union is open for Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, Andrzej Halicki, a Polish MEP and member of the European People's Party, said on Tuesday.
Senator Ben Cardin, the Chairman of the United States Helsinki Commission, as well as Co-Chairman Congressman Steve Cohen, ranking members of the Commission Sen. Roger F. Wicker and Congressman Joe Wilson praised the “strong” support shown by the Georgian Government to Ukraine on Tuesday.
A Government meeting was held at the Government Administration on Monday to discuss eight issues.
The current events in Ukraine, Georgia's European integration and bilateral relations were discussed by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte in a phone call on Wednesday.
The Georgian Government has supported Ukraine “at all political levels” and co-sponsored resolutions in aid of the country amid the Russian invasion, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday.
Georgia’s Foreign Ministry expects that the questionnaire related to the country’s European Union membership bid will be delivered next week, Mari Narchemashvili, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia told the Georgian Public Broadcaster on Friday.
Romania supports Georgia's aspiration to become a member of the European Union, Răzvan Rotundu, the Romanian Ambassador to Georgia, said at a meeting with the Georgian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday.
Georgia is requesting the European Union membership candidate status the country has “deserved” through its 30-year “struggle for democracy” and reforms implemented by the Government over the past nine years, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Monday.
The conference of parliamentary committees for union affairs of parliaments of the European Union on Tuesday adopted a declaration welcoming the June decision of the European Council to grant the EU membership candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova and a European perspective to Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday briefed Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, and heads of missions of European Union member states in the country over his Government’s efforts to ensure the bloc’s membership candidate status later this year.