Ambassador says Germany wants to see Georgia receive EU candidate status
Fischer named justice reform and de-oligarchisation among the recommendations, and while acknowledging some of the priorities had been met, he added the bloc wanted to see “major improvements” on other conditions. Photo: Deutsche Botschaft Tiflis/Facebook
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Peter Fischer, the German Ambassador to Georgia, on Monday said his Government wanted to see Georgia receive the European Union membership candidate status in December.
In his comments to the Georgian Public Broadcaster, Fischer said discussions on EU membership would start after the country was granted the status.
However, he added Georgia first needed to take the necessary steps in the process, and added the country’s partners were hoping to see “considerable advancement” in the implementation of conditions outlined by the European Council last year.
Fischer named justice reform and de-oligarchisation among the recommendations, and while acknowledging some of the priorities had been met, he added the bloc wanted to see “major improvements” on other conditions.
Georgian defence minister Juansher Burchuladze on Monday discussed his country’s “close and fruitful cooperation” with Germany, as well as prospects for a further strengthening of ties with Peter Fischer, the newly appointed German ambassador, and, Andreas Sebald, the country’s new defence attaché.
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Peter Fischer, the newly appointed Ambassador of Germany to Georgia, on Monday said the friendship between the two countries would bring new projects in bilateral relations.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday extended his gratitude to the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for his “open” support for Georgia.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday clarified that Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s upcoming Friday’s visit to Germany had been planned in April after the “close consultations” between the countries’ Foreign Ministries, and called on everyone not to “mislead” Georgian society and harm the country’s interests “when evaluating Georgia's foreign policy and our European integration”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday arrived in Germany on an official visit, with a meeting scheduled with Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday, the Government Administration said.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday highlighted his meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholzthe on his official visit to Germany.
Peter Fischer, the German Ambassador to Georgia on Saturday said the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had affirmed his "continued support" for Georgia’s path to the European Union.
Georgia’s European integration and the progress achieved by the country were discussed on Tuesday by Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, the legislative body’s Environmental Protection Committee Chair Maia Bitadze and Sven Giegold, the State Secretary at the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday highlighted the “reliable and mutually beneficial, centuries-old friendship” with Germany in his address at the reception held on the occasion of the German Unity Day.
Anna Lührmann, the German Minister of State for Europe, on Tuesday said she was looking forward to the day when “Georgia becomes a member of the European Union”.
Peter Fischer, the German Ambassador to Georgia, on Tuesday lauded the importance of the European Union in his address at the reception in Tbilisi dedicated to his country’s Unity Day, and stressed the bloc was “available” to Georgia.
German Ambassador to Georgia Peter Fischer on Wednesday commented on Tbilisi's European Union integration prospects and said that “speed and quality” of rapprochement with the bloc was in the hands of the states aspiring for its membership.