EU Commissioner: Georgia has “complete support” with challenging Black Sea situation
Varhelyi made the tweet following the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg, where participants discussed Georgia's ongoing reforms and the status of the implementation of the 12 priorities outlined last year by the European Council for granting the country the EU membership candidate status. Photo: ec.europa.eu.
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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.
Varhelyi made the tweet following the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg, where participants discussed Georgia's ongoing reforms and the status of the implementation of the 12 priorities outlined last year by the European Council for granting the country the EU membership candidate status.
Met ???????? Georgian Foreign Minister @iliadarch during the #FAC to discuss the state of play of the reform process, and, notably, the implementation of 12 priorities.
— Oliver Varhelyi (@OliverVarhelyi) April 24, 2023
The #EU fully supports #Georgia’s resilience efforts in the challenging regional security situation.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili featured in the meeting along with high-ranking EU officials and foreign ministers of its member states.
The discussion included the prospects for Georgia's EU membership, the enlargement of the bloc, top priorities for Georgia-EU relations and the potential for advancing the cooperation.
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.
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.
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.
European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi has stated that the European Union stands by Georgia during a joint press conference with Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili earlier today. Oliver Varhelyi said that Georgia has overcome its recent political crisis and it is now possible to start working on a new stage of cooperation.
Givi Mikanadze, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, was on Tuesday elected the Chair of the Sub-Committee on the Implementation of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
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.
The process of Georgia's accession to the European Union was discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Charles Michel, the President of the European Council.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said Georgia’s European Union integration had “solid support” from the Hungarian Government and its ruling party.