FM highlights “specific, tangible” results in EU conditions implementation
The top Georgian diplomat stressed his meetings had emphasised the “need to strengthen efforts” to support the country’s European integration. Photo: MFA of Georgia
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Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday said his Government had achieved “specific and tangible” results in fulfilling the priorities set by the European Commission for granting the country the European Union membership candidate status.
In remarks over his visit to Brussels this week, where he held high-level meetings with officials of EU institutions, Darchiashvili noted the conversation with European commissioners had focused on reforms carried out for approximation of domestic areas to the standards of the European Union.
The reform agenda is the top priority for us. We will continue to work actively in this direction in order to reach the final goal, the eventual [EU] membership of our country. This is a difficult but very important path for us”, Darchiashvili said.
The top Georgian diplomat stressed his meetings had emphasised the “need to strengthen efforts” to support the country’s European integration.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Kadri Simson, the European Commissioner for Energy, on Tuesday discussed Georgia’s progress on the implementation of the 12-point conditions outlined by the European Union last year for granting the country its membership candidate status.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday briefed Věra Jourová, the European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency, and Ylva Johansson, the Commissioner for Home Affairs, about his country’s “successful reform” and “progress” achieved on the implementation of the 12-point conditions outlined by the bloc last year for granting Tbilisi its membership candidate status.
Georgia’s European integration and the implementation of the priorities outlined by the European Union for granting the country its membership candidate status were discussed on Monday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Gert Jan Koopman, the head of the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations of the European Commission.
Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, Georgia's Ambassador to the European Union, on Monday said the upcoming visit of the country’s Foreign Minister to Brussels served to inform the European Union institutions about the implementation of the bloc’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status later this year.
Georgia's progress on the European Union accession path and implementation of the bloc’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili will address speakers and presidents of parliament from the 46 member states of the Council of Europe and many partner, observer and neighbouring countries at the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament in Dublin.
Archil Talakvadze, the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, on Wednesday said “those in Europe who support postponement of granting the [EU] membership candidate status to Georgia for another year” were “acting against not only Georgia but Europe as well”.
Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday expressed his “optimism” about the country being granted the European Union membership candidate status later this year.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, on Monday said the European Union should “not delay making important political decisions” to “create a solid basis for enlarging space of peace, security, and prosperity”.
Irakli Beraia, the Chair of the Defence and Security Committee in the Georgian Parliament, on Monday said it was “crucially important” for partners of Georgia to “step up” their support for the country to strengthen its defence and deterrence capabilities and resilience against “full spectrum of hybrid threats”.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday discussed his Government's efforts to meet the European Union’s conditions for granting Tbilisi its membership candidate status with Paolo Gentiloni, the European Commissioner for Economic Affairs, as part of his Strasbourg trip.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Dubravka Šuica, the Vice-President of the European Commission, on Tuesday discussed the country’s progress on fulfilling the 12 priorities outlined by the bloc to grant its candidate membership status to the country.
Georgia’s progress in the implementation of the priorities outlined by the European Union for granting the country its membership candidate status was discussed on Tuesday by Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Gert Jan Koopman, the Head of the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations of the European Commission.