Gaining EU membership candidate status goal with “no alternative” - Georgian President

Georgian, Lithuanian Presidents met in Vilnius. Photo: President’s press office

Agenda.ge, 03 Apr 2023 - 16:35, Tbilisi,Georgia

Obtaining the European Union membership candidate status for Georgia is a goal that has “no alternative” for the country, President Salome Zourabichvili said on Monday in a press briefing in Vilnius with her Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nausėda.

Zourabichvili highlighted Georgian citizens had “repeatedly proven their unwavering loyalty to European values” and noted the 80 percent support for EU integration among the country’s population. 

Expressing gratitude to the Lithuanian Government for its “continuous support” for Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations, Zourabichvili stressed Georgia “should receive” the status and added the achievement would mark “our joint victory” and “another confirmation of Europe's strength and unity”.