Parliament Speaker highlights Romania’s “full support” for Georgia’s EU candidacy bid after meeting PM in visit
The chief Georgian legislator stressed that Romania would provide “full” support to Georgia receiving the bloc’s candidate status “in the spirit of the strategic partnership” signed between the two countries in 2022. Photo: Romanian Government
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday said the country had received “full support” from Romania for receiving the European Union membership candidate status following his meeting with the Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu.
In his remarks, Papuashvili noted the meeting had emphasised that “Romania has always supported the granting of status to Georgia, including [in] June [2022]”.
[The meeting] also emphasised that it was important to maintain the Associated Trio, and where there is Ukraine and Moldova, there should be Georgia as well. As yesterday in the Parliament, as well as today, we received an offer from the [Romanian] Prime Minister to support [Georgia] not only now in the political decision-making process, but also later, in the approximation of legislation to European law, and sharing the experience of Romania in this regard”, Papuashvili told the media.
The chief Georgian legislator stressed that Romania would provide “full” support to Georgia receiving the bloc’s candidate status “in the spirit of the strategic partnership” signed between the two countries in 2022.
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— Shalva Papuashvili ???????? (@shpapuashvili) September 26, 2023
The Black Sea is what unites Romania and Georgia not only in economic and security terms, but also as countries that can take the lead in order to fully use the economic potential of the bridge between Europe and Asia through the Black Sea and the Caucasus region”, he continued.
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— Marcel Ciolacu (@CiolacuMarcel) September 26, 2023
I welcome the determination to closely working together to carry out multiple regional projects, to bolster Black Sea - Caspian Sea & South Caucasus cooperation and transit capacities. pic.twitter.com/Uop8tDpCDu
Papuashvili added the Georgian Government would have “active cooperation” with Romania in the latter’s status as a NATO member country and “one of our big supporters in matters of military development and NATO integration”.
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