EU stands by Georgia, ready to support country in its journey to become integral part of bloc - EP President
"Georgia has to go through this path and choose its own future”, the EP President noted, adding the EU “need to see tangible movements” from the country in this regard. Photo via EP
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The European Union stands by Georgia and is ready to support the country in its journey to become an integral part of the bloc, supporting its European path by providing “all the necessary assistance”, Roberta Metsola, the President of the European Parliament, said on Wednesday.
In her opening statement ahead of the formal sitting of the European Parliament in Brussels, Metsola stressed the EU and Georgia “need to work more and closer” for granting the bloc’s membership candidate status to the country and ensure that “Georgian people do not miss this historic opportunity”.
People of Georgia see Europe as their home & we must give them hope.
— Roberta Metsola (@EP_President) May 31, 2023
It is time to work harder to create right conditions for candidate status & Georgia not to miss this historic opportunity.
Thank you President @Zourabichvili_S for your belief in Georgia's European call ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/q3jF4AHxWO
Georgia has to go through this path and choose its own future”, the EP President noted, adding the EU “need to see tangible movements” from the country in this regard.
She also thanked Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, attending the session of the EP, for her contribution to supporting the European path of the country.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Tuesday reiterated the “unwavering will of the Georgian people to join the European family” at the meeting with Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission.
Georgia’s European future and implementation of the 12 priorities outlined by the European Union last year for granting its membership candidate status to the country were discussed on Tuesday by Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili and the President of the European Council Charles Michel.
Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili will meet officials of the European Union in Brussels after departing for the official visit to the city on Monday, the President’s Administration said.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Tuesday said the path Georgia was taking in its European Union integration should ultimately “lead the country” to the EU.
Georgia’s “historical” European choice is “not only legitimate, [but] it has no alternative”, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said on Wednesday, addressing the European Parliament in Brussels.
European Council President Charles Michel on Thursday said he was “absolutely convinced” that the future of Georgia was as part of the European Union “family”.