Georgian-Romanian ties at “all-time high” - Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania
The Georgian Parliament Speaker on Monday met Daniel Suciu, the Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania. Photo: Parliament press office
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Daniel Suciu, the Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania, on Monday said political cooperation between his country and Georgia was at an “all-time high”, in a meeting with the Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili in Bucharest.
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— Shalva Papuashvili ???????? (@shpapuashvili) September 25, 2023
He also expressed hopes the “negative differentiation” between Georgia and two other members of the European Union’s Associated Trio - Ukraine and Moldova - by European Union bodies working on the three states’ membership applications would be removed, and Tbilisi would obtain the bloc’s membership candidate status later this year to continue membership talks.
The discussion also involved efforts to further strengthen bilateral cooperation, security challenges on the backdrop of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and the importance to further enhance Black Sea connectivity capabilities, the Parliament press office said.
Papuashvili also briefed the official on his Government's efforts to meet the EU candidacy conditions.
Nicolae Ciucă, the Romanian Parliament Speaker, on Monday reaffirmed his country’s “firm support” for Georgia’s European Union integration goals, and expressed his Government’s readiness to ensure “stronger” economic, trade and energy partnership with Tbilisi in a press briefing with his Georgian counterpart Shalva Papuashvili in Bucharest.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, who is on an official visit to Romania, on Monday highlighted the “special importance” of Georgian-Romanian partnership for ensuring Black Sea connectivity and “bolstering” European resilience and energy independence during the current “challenging” times.
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, who is on an official visit to Romania, on Monday highlighted the ties between the two states, Georgia’s European integration goals and cooperation in different areas in his address to the Senate of Romania.
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The existing “strategic partnership” and the prospects of future cooperation were discussed on Thursday by Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Titus Corlățean, the Chair of the Foreign Policy Committee in the Romanian Senate and his accompanying delegation.