Georgian Parliament Speaker to meet European Parliament President in Brussels
Shalva Papuashvili is scheduled to meet with Roberta Metsola, the President of the European Parliament, and MEPs as part of the official trip. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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The Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili will visit Brussels on Tuesday for a series of meetings with European leaders, the Parliament of Georgia has said.
Shalva Papuashvili is scheduled to meet with Roberta Metsola, the President of the European Parliament, and MEPs as part of the official trip.
The Georgian Parliament official will also hold discussions with Marina Kaljurand, the head of the delegation for relations with the South Caucasus, and Iratxe Garcia Perez, the President of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
Meetings are also scheduled with the President of the House of Representatives of the Belgian Parliament and the Speaker of the Senate, as well as with the European Commissioner, Didier Reynder, and Simon Mordius, the Foreign Affairs Advisor to the President of the European Council.
The Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia will end his visit to Brussels on Friday.
Georgia marked the fifth anniversary of its visa-free travel agreement with the European Union on Monday. Five years ago on this day, the regulation lifting visa requirements for Georgians to travel to the EU and Schengen Area states entered into effect.
The war in Ukraine “must end as soon as possible”, and the “human tragedies we see in the 21st century must be stopped”, Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, said on Monday in a remote meeting with representatives of Georgian diaspora organisations in Ukraine.
Visa-free travel with the European Union has been a “vital” and “tangible benefit” for Georgian citizens, Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, said on Monday on the fifth anniversary of the country’s travel agreement with the EU and the Schengen Area countries.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili called on “all political groups” in the country to “stand with” the Government in a “common position” on the European Union membership of the state.
NATO “greatly values” its long-standing cooperation with Georgia, Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana tweeted on Tuesday following his meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili.
Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, will discuss Georgia's integration into the European Union at today’s meeting with the European Parliament President in Brussels.
Russia's aggression against Ukraine and deteriorating security situation in the occupied regions of Georgia were discussed at the meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs David Zalkaliani and Zbigniew Rau, the Chairman-in-Office of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe and Poland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday.
Georgia is a “strong supporter” of Ukraine in all international formats, Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said on Wednesday in a briefing with Zbigniew Rau, the Chairman-in-Office of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe and Poland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Georgia's European Union membership bid and the reforms to bring the country closer to EU legislation were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili and EU Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders.