Georgian FM highlights “strong support” from NATO partners at Summit
The top Georgian diplomat stressed the country had a “very dynamic bilateral cooperation agenda” with NATO, with the process set to continue. Photo: MFA of Georgia
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Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday said the ongoing NATO Summit in Vilnius had “once again” emphasised that Georgia was enjoying a “strong support” from its partners in the bloc.
In his comments over the Summit Communiqué, which reiterated the decision made at the 2008 Bucharest Summit that “Georgia will become a member of the Alliance”, Darchiashvili noted the allies had “once again demonstrated strong support for Georgia” on its integration path.
Today, at the Vilnius summit, it was emphasised once again that Georgia enjoys a strong support from NATO partners - very strong support is expressed for our territorial integrity and sovereignty. Georgia's efforts to make its significant contribution to strengthening global security are highly appreciated”, Darchiashvili said.
Glad to participate in NATO #VilniusSummit. Allies have once again demonstrated strong support to Georgia on it’s NATO integration path, underlined ????????'s remarkable contribution to Euro-Atlantic security & successful coop on security & defense issues, including within the SNGP. pic.twitter.com/A4SwiEd5bY
— Ilia Darchiashvili (@iliadarch) July 11, 2023
The top Georgian diplomat stressed the country had a “very dynamic bilateral cooperation agenda” with NATO, with the process set to continue.
[T]he main message we can hear from NATO is that NATO's doors are open to its partners. [...] [W]e have appropriate mechanisms to ensure that Georgia's integration into NATO is a process that brings its valuable results in strengthening global security”, the Georgian official continued.
“On the way to implementing reforms, we are simultaneously strengthening our foreign policy priorities in our European and Euro-Atlantic integration. This is our daily activity to continue these reforms and to have specific, tangible results in our main foreign policy priorities”, he noted.
Darchiashvili also added the bloc’s “emphasising of the strong support” shown for the country at the 2008 Bucharest Summit was “still relevant”, and allowed the ongoing Summit to “also become a new impetus in bilateral NATO-Georgia relations”.