Parliament Vice Speaker hails Borrell visit as “high-level support” for Georgia, “great political event”
In his remarks over the matter, Talakvadze alleged the opposition United National Movement party would “come up with different speculations to discredit” the “important” political event. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Archil Talakvadze, the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, on Wednesday highlighted the upcoming visit of Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative, to the country by calling it a “high-level support for Georgia and a great political event”.
In his remarks over the matter, Talakvadze alleged the opposition United National Movement party would “come up with different speculations to discredit” the “important” political event.
Borrell’s visit is a high-level support for Georgia. His visit will be a good opportunity for the Government to discuss the progress achieved by Georgia and to talk about the [European] future. It will be a good and positive visit for Georgia, because Borrell’s arrival in Georgia is a great political event”, Talakvadze said.
“You will see that the United National Movement party and their satellites or media will come up with a thousand speculations about this visit in order to smear, damage and discredit such an important political event. The radical opposition is not united for Georgia, but united against Georgia”, he alleged.
The Parliament official stressed the alleged efforts by the domestic opposition to credit successes in the country’s work towards the EU membership candidate status to its citizens but not the Government was a “classic Russian propaganda method” and was seeking to create separation between them to “somehow justify the disinformation campaign” by a part of the domestic opposition.
Borrell will be on a visit to Georgia from Thursday to Friday to discuss progress on the country’s European integration path and exchange views on wider foreign policy and regional matters. In the framework of the visit, he will meet the Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili.
Vedant Patel, the Deputy Spokesperson of the United States Department of State, on Tuesday urged the Georgian Government and “all domestic stakeholders” to “come together now” and work towards receiving the European Union membership candidate status for the country.
Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative, will be on a visit to Georgia from Thursday to Friday to discuss progress on the country’s European integration path and exchange views on wider foreign policy and regional matters, the bloc’s diplomatic service said on Monday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday claimed the progress achieved by the country on its European integration path was “exclusively” the merit of the ruling Georgian Dream party.
Peter Fischer, the German Ambassador to Georgia, on Friday said the “main task now” was to ensure Georgia received the European Union membership candidate status in December.
Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, Georgia's Ambassador to the European Union, on Thursday hailed the upcoming visit of Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative, to the country as “very important” and a “big message”.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee in the Georgian Parliament, on Thursday described the forthcoming visit of Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative, to Georgia this week as “important” for the dialogue between the country and the bloc, ahead of the latter’s decision in December on whether to grant Georgia its candidate status.
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Khvtisiashvili on Thursday led the country’s delegation at the Summit of the Three Seas Initiative in Romania’s capital of Bucharest to review European energy security matters.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday said the visit of Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative, to Georgia “certainly adds a new impetus” to Georgian-EU relations and will have “a significant impact” on the bloc’s decision in December on whether to grant Georgia its candidate status.
Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative on Thursday said the EU door was open for Georgia and stressed the bloc “wants” to support the country on the path towards EU membership.