Lithuania “strongly motivated” to “politically support” Georgia’s EU candidacy - President
Gitanas Nausėda has reaffirmed his Government's support for Georgia’s EU integration. Photo: Gitanas Nausėda Twitter
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Gitanas Nausėda, the Lithuanian President, on Thursday said his Government was “strongly motivated” to “politically support” Georgia obtaining the European Union membership candidate status later this year.
Speaking on the sidelines of the third European Political Community Summit in Spain, the official highlighted the importance to “help our friends from the Eastern Partnership countries to join the bloc and introduce democratic rules of the game in the region”.
Nausėda noted his office was “closely observing” the situation in Georgia, and was “really optimistic” as saw the “strong will” of the country’s population to integrate into the EU.
I think your politicians and the Government have a strong mandate to do their utmost to bring Georgia closer to the EU”, said the President.
The European Commission is scheduled to release its report on Georgia’s meeting the conditions to obtain the status this month, which will be used by the European Council in December to decide on the country’s status.
Georgia officially applied for EU membership in March 2022, shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and was granted a European perspective and a reform agenda for obtaining the bloc’s candidacy.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday said his Government’s “main message” at the European Political Community Summit in Granada would be that the country “deserved” to receive the European Union membership candidate status.
Ilia Giorgadze, Georgia’s Ambassador to Spain, on Thursday highlighted the participation of the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili in a roundtable format at the 3rd European Political Community Summit in Granada that would discuss the “most important” matters for European countries.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has praised a “historic day” for Georgia with his signing of the country’s bid for European Union membership on Thursday, saying the move “continues the efforts of our ancestors, which was aimed at unification in a common European family.”
Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, on Thursday said the body had granted the European Union membership candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova, and was ready to grant the same status to Georgia once the outstanding priorities outlined by the European Commission were addressed by the Georgian Government.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday attended the opening event of the plenary session of the third edition of the European Political Community Summit in Granada, the Government Administration said.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday said that at the meeting with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the latter had “positively evaluated” Georgia’s progress in implementing the 12 priorities outlined by the European Union for granting its candidate membership status.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday said he had received confirmation from all European leaders that they would support the decision to grant Georgia the European Union membership candidate status.
Georgia’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration was in focus of the meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis that took place on Thursday on the sidelines of the European Political Community Summit in Granada.
Davit Matikashvili, an MP for the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Saturday said he hoped for “solid support” from the Baltic countries on granting Georgia the European Union membership candidate status in December.