Ruling party head: consultations on EU membership status conditions “ongoing”

Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday said consultations regarding the fulfilment of the European Union conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status later this year were ongoing.

In his remarks over the matter, Kobakhidze noted three specific topics the Parliament had to work on for implementation of the bloc’s conditions.

The Parliament essentially has work to do on [...] deoligarchisation and judiciary issues. It was [also] about the implementation of Moneyval [anti-money laundering measures] recommendations”, Kobakhidze said.

The ruling party head added the work on “all relevant topics” would be finalised in the fall “on the basis of cooperation” with EU structures.