Georgian FM highlights partner support for European integration
“The main message we received from our partners is that almost everyone supports Georgia's European integration, European future, our common coexistence in the European family - and this is especially important for us, and we will continue our efforts to bring our country even closer to the European Union”, Darchiashvili sad. Photo: MFA of Georgia
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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.
In his comments to the media, Darchiashvili said he had provided a “comprehensive response” to questions directed by foreign ministers of EU member states to him at the meeting about the Georgian Government’s work to fulfil the 12 priorities outlined last year by the European Council for granting the country the EU membership candidate status.
“The main message we received from our partners is that almost everyone supports Georgia's European integration, European future, our common coexistence in the European family - and this is especially important for us, and we will continue our efforts to bring our country even closer to the European Union”, Darchiashvili sad.
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— Ilia Darchiashvili (@iliadarch) April 24, 2023
The Minister also said the discussion also touched on ways to enhance security for Europe and the Black Sea region, where he said Georgia could make a “major impact”.
The Foreign Minister highlighted this week’s visit of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili to Brussels for meetings with EU and NATO officials, and noted European and Euro-Atlantic integration represented two items on Georgia's “top political agenda” and would dominate the sessions.
“A visit to Brussels always has a special significance because it is through these dynamic relationships that further solidify the main course our nation has taken towards European integration, and I am confident that these intensive and dynamic relationships will result in very beneficial outcomes for our country”, the Minister added.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday departed for Brussels for meetings with NATO and European Union officials, with a Government delegation accompanying the PM.
Givi Mikanadze, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday said the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe was “always an important platform” for the Georgian Parliamentary delegation to voice positions “most important for the country”.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, together with the Georgian Parliamentary delegation, will participate in the Spring plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, taking place in Strasbourg between April 24-28.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will discuss the country’s European integration in a meeting with the “high-ranking” European Union representatives and foreign ministers of the member states on Monday.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Wednesday said the Georgian Government, during the last visit to Brussels, had received “concrete signals” that the country’s progress on the European integration path was “noticeable” to its European partners.
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.
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 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.
Oliver Varhelyi, the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, on Monday said the European Union “fully supports” Georgia's efforts to strengthen stability against the backdrop of the challenging situation created for the security in the Black Sea region.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday said the “freedom-loving” Georgian nation “believes in Europe” and added it was “high time” for Europe “to believe in itself and in us too”, in comments at a conference of speakers of parliaments of European Union member and partner states.
Malta supports Georgia’s European integration and intends to back its application for the membership candidate status in December, Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, said on Monday.