Ruling party Sec Gen: Gov’t’s EU integration efforts “visible to everyone”
In his remarks over Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s visit to Brussels this week, Kaladze noted “clear statements” had been made acknowledging the “positive steps” taken by the Government on the European integration path. Photo: Georgian Dream Press Office
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Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said efforts made by the Government for ensuring the country’s European integration were “visible and everyone knows this well”.
In his remarks over Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s visit to Brussels this week, Kaladze noted “clear statements” had been made acknowledging the “positive steps” taken by the Government on the European integration path.
“I would like to respond to the important visit of the Georgian Prime Minister to Brussels, where very interesting meetings were held both in the European Council and in the NATO headquarters. We heard clear statements about the progress and positive steps Georgia had taken on the European integration path”, Kaladze said.
The efforts made by Georgia in terms of European integration are visible and everyone knows this well. I have said it many times, and I will say it again, that we certainly deserved the [EU membership] candidate status [in 2022], but we were given a 12-point plan to be implemented [for receiving it]. We are doing everything to ensure that all steps are taken in this direction”, the ruling party official noted.
At their Brussels meeting, Garibashvil informed Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, about the efforts made by his Government in fulfilling the EU recommendations for the candidate status.
The Prime Minister emphasised the importance of the country receiving the status at the end of the year, pointing out that “most of the recommendations” for the objective had been implemented, and claiming Georgia “deserved” the outcome.
Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, Georgia's Representative to the European Union, on Tuesday said Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, had confirmed support for the country on its path of European integration, and for associated reforms, in his meeting with Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday assessed Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s visit to Brussels, saying at the official meetings, Georgia had been “once again” highlighted as an “important and valuable” partner of NATO in the region.
Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, on Tuesday, by addressing the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, said the European Union would stand by him “every step of the way”.
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.
Anri Okhanashvili, the Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee in the Georgian Parliament, on Friday said it was time for the European Union to “put an end to attempts of the domestic radicals to polarise” the political scene in the country and grant it the membership candidate status “based on merit”.
Kakha Kaladze, the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday said “any individual, including any public servant” was able to attend “any protest” through their own decisions, after domestic opposition groups and non-governmental organisations alleged the Government had bussed in demonstrators to a rally in Tbilisi on Sunday organised by a domestic civil movement backing the authorities' “peaceful policy” on the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.
Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Saturday said Georgia would “definitely” become a member of the European family with its “centuries-old” unique culture, traditions, Christian identity, and values.
The ruling Georgian Dream Government has done a lot, over the last ten years, to bring Georgia “even closer” to Europe, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Saturday during his speech at the opening ceremony of the Europe Day event in the country's capital Tbilisi.