Georgian FM, EU Commission Vice-President review country’s integration process
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Josep Borrell, the Vice-President of the European Commission and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on Wednesday met in Brussels. Photo: Ilia Darchiashvili’s Twitter
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Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Josep Borrell, the Vice-President of the European Commission and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on Wednesday reviewed matters related to Georgia’s European integration in Brussels.
The discussion came ahead of the Commission's interim report in the coming months about the country’s alignment with the EU framework. The body is also scheduled to produce a final report in October and issue its recommendations to the European Council whether to grant Georgia the membership candidate status, which the country applied for last year.
Glad to meet with EU HR/VP @JosepBorrellF. We exchanged views on ????????'s European integration process, including addressing the 12 priorities set out in EU Commission's Opinion, as well as on reform implementation agenda. We also spoke about the security environment in the region. pic.twitter.com/5jqVBLJrlO
— Ilia Darchiashvili (@iliadarch) March 22, 2023
Georgia’s foreign office on Wednesday said the FM had provided the EU official with “comprehensive information” over the country’s implementation of the 12-point conditions outlined by the bloc in June 2022 for granting the status to Georgia.
Open exchange with @iliadarch on necessary reforms on Georgia’s EU path & importance of implementing all Venice Commission recommendations. Highlighted the important role of civil society.
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) March 23, 2023
Discussed regional security situation and EU support to strengthen Georgian resilience. pic.twitter.com/gkyyMtIy8p
The meeting also highlighted “successful reforms” carried out by Georgia over the years, which Darchiashvili said were reflected in the Commission's “positive” 57-page analytical report on Georgia published in February.
The Georgian official stressed the importance of obtaining the bloc’s membership candidate status by his country later this year, and said he hoped his Government's efforts would be “properly evaluated”.
Ilia Darchiashvili, the Foreign Minister of Georgia, discussed the country’s efforts to meet the European Union membership candidacy conditions with David McAllister, the Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs in Brussels.
Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, on Tuesday said all political forces in Georgia had to cooperate to implement the European Union conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.
The agenda of Georgia’s European integration, as well as the implemented and planned reforms by the country on this path, was discussed on Tuesday by Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Ylva Johansson, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will on Tuesday have “important meetings” with officials at the European Commission ahead of the body’s reports on the country’s European Union membership candidate status, Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, Georgia’s representative to the bloc, has told the media.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday told Mircea Geoană, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, his country remained committed to Euro-Atlantic integration.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Friday hosted his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock during the latter’s first official visit to the country.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who is on her first official visit to Georgia, on Friday said Georgian citizens “belong in” the European Union and vowed her country’s support for the country’s European integration.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Friday said the country enjoyed “full support” and “expressed willingness” of its partners to help “our country” to achieve “further success” in the European and Euro-Atlantic integration process and “peacefully” overcome the existing challenges.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Head of the European Integration Committee in the Georgian Parliament, on Monday said the issue of Georgia being granted the European Union membership candidate status had become a “political tool” for the domestic opposition.
European Council President Charles Michel on Tuesday said the Council of the European Union must make a decision on starting the process of negotiations on the accession of Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia to the bloc by the end of this year.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday highlighted the support received by the country from international partners in its European integration process, and added his Government would continue efforts in the direction, in comments following his participation in the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg.