NATO-Georgia Commission to discuss bilateral cooperation agenda, plans - FM
Georgian FM on Thursday said the country’s integration into NATO “continues”. Photo: Foreign Ministry press office
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Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday said the annual NATO-Georgia Commission meeting later today would discuss the country’s existing cooperation with the alliance and plans for future “joint activities”.
In his comments from Brussels ahead of the gathering, the FM praised the outcomes of the 2022 NATO Madrid Summit, which offered a “tailored” assistance programme for Georgia to further strengthen its defence capabilities.
This [decision] gave Georgia's NATO integration a new, significant supporting impetus. Our country’s integration into the alliance continues”, Darchiashvili said.
Before the Commission meeting, the Georgian official is also scheduled to meet Mircea Geoană, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, at the alliance’s headquarters.
A new survey released on Thursday by the National Democratic Institute and CRRC Georgia has shown 81 percent of Georgian citizens support the country’s aspirations of joining the European Union, with 73 percent backing NATO integration.
NATO remains “committed” to supporting eventual membership of Georgia and Ukraine in the alliance, the latest annual report of the bloc’s Secretary General said on Tuesday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with Alexander Vinikov, the new head of the NATO Liaison Office (NLO) in Georgia today, congratulating the official on his appointment.
The NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Javier Colomina has expressed NATO’s support for Georgia’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and its Euro-Atlantic aspirations, calling Georgia a “very valued partner."
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.
Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General, on Tuesday said the Russian aggression against Georgia and Ukraine had pushed the alliance to add new members and take actions to further strengthen its position on the Eastern flank.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday congratulated Finland on joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, stressing the alliance has become “stronger and more united”, and Europe - “a safer place” with the country.
Javier Colomina, the NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, on Wednesday said the decision taken at the NATO 2008 Bucharest Summit - where the bloc pledged Georgia and Ukraine would become its members - remained in force for Georgia.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday highlighted the importance of the country’s further progress in its NATO integration on the backdrop of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and subsequent “security challenges” in a meeting with Javier Colomina, the NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia.