Ruling party official: Georgia will join “European family” through “preservation of culture, traditions, identity”
In his message posted on social media, Mdinaradze responded to the criticism by a part of the domestic opposition on the absence of the European Union flag from the decorations set up in Tbilisi for this year’s Independence Day celebrations, by saying “establishing false narratives will not work”. Photo: Georgian Dream Press Office
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Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday said Georgia would “definitely” become a full-fledged member of the “European family” while preserving its “culture and traditions [and] national identity” and further strengthening independence.
In his message posted on social media, Mdinaradze responded to the criticism by a part of the domestic opposition on the absence of the European Union flag from the decorations set up in Tbilisi for this year’s Independence Day celebrations, by saying “establishing false narratives will not work”.
Yesterday they tried to sell the Georgian decorations built on the theme of freedom as anti-European. [...] That is, they are trying to include the symbols of the European Union in another harmful and vicious campaign against Georgia”, Mdinaradze said.
“Georgia will definitely become a full-fledged member of the European family with the preservation of Georgian culture and traditions, national identity and further strengthening of independence - and not without this”, the party official’s post said.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday claimed all 12 conditions outlined by the European Council last year for granting the European Union membership candidate status to Georgia would be fulfilled by the end of June.
The Georgian Government Administration on Thursday said this year’s Independence Day celebrations on Friday had been designed to showcase “national symbols”, in response to criticism by a part of the domestic opposition on the absence of the European Union flag from the decorations set up in Tbilisi for the date.
Irakli Beraia, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's Defence and Security Committee, on Wednesday said the ruling Georgian Dream Government would never “cross two red lines” and would not compromise over the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as its Euro-Atlantic integration.
The delegation of the Georgian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday discussed bilateral relations with the officials of the Foreign Affairs and Education Committees of the British House of Commons and Georgia-UK Parliamentary Friendship Group.