Georgian FM to hold high-level meetings in Brussels visit
Within the framework of the meetings, “special attention” will be paid to the process of sectoral rapprochement with the European Union and the “positive dynamics of high-level visits” between Georgia and the bloc. Photo: MFA of Georgia
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Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will be in Brussels for a working visit from Tuesday to Wednesday to meet high-ranking European Union officials including Oliver Varhelyi, the Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.
The visit will focus on the process of the country’s integration into the EU, the question of the bloc granting it the membership candidate status later this year, and the domestic progress in implementing the conditions for the status, the Georgian foreign office said.
The Georgian official will also focus on the oral report made by the European Commission regarding Georgia's application to join the European Union, which outlined the country’s progress, and the analytical report published by the European Commission in February, which positively evaluated Georgia's efforts and progress in its legislative convergence with the EU.
Within the framework of the meetings, “special attention” will be paid to the process of sectoral rapprochement with the European Union and the “positive dynamics of high-level visits” between Georgia and the bloc.
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Peter Fischer, the German Ambassador to Georgia, on Tuesday vowed his country’s support for Georgia’s aspiration to become a member of the European Union.
The process of Georgia's accession to the European Union, the current agenda of the cooperation between the sides and future steps were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Oliver Varhelyi, the EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.
Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, on Wednesday said the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili had assured him the country’s progress in its implementation of the priorities outlined by the bloc for granting it the membership candidate status was “well on track”.
Gert Jan Koopman, the head of the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations of the European Commission, on Wednesday said the Commission welcomed the Georgian Government’s “keen interest” in making “further progress” on the bloc’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status later this year.
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