Gov’t to consider Eastern Partnership visa-free deal implementation recommendations - Parliament Speaker
The Parliament official said the Government would take into account “all the recommendations” and if “any issue” needed improvement it would be “certainly improved”. He also noted the country’s citizens were given the opportunity to travel to the European Union without a visa in 2017 due to the Government being a “leader in implementing reforms”. Photo: Georgian Parliament
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Friday said the Georgian Government would “consider all recommendations” in the sixth report of the European Commission on the fulfilment of visa-free obligations by Eastern Partnership countries and the Balkan states and follow up on their implementation.
In comments on the report, which was published on Thursday, Papuashvili said it was “positive compared to last year’s”, and said implementation of Visa Liberalisation Action Plan was an “achievement made by the ruling Georgian Dream party” and “every effort was being made” to ensure “all steps” were taken in this process.
The Parliament official said the Government would take into account “all the recommendations” and if “any issue” needed improvement it would be “certainly improved”. He also noted the country’s citizens were given the opportunity to travel to the European Union without a visa in 2017 due to the Government being a “leader in implementing reforms”.
The report noted Georgia continued efforts to address the issue of “unfounded asylum applications” filed by its citizens in the EU member states, citing “exit-control checks” at the Georgian border crossing points.
The efforts made in the criminal prosecution of persons and groups involved in smuggling of migrants were also emphasised in the document, which said Georgia “cooperates regularly” with EU member states on issues related to visa-free travel, including the prevention of irregular stay of Georgian citizens.
Georgia’s Border Police has installed electronic alarm systems and obstacle fences at three locations along the border to improve monitoring of the areas of the state boundary, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, on Friday said authorities would continue working with member countries of the bloc to reduce illegal migration from Georgia.
Georgia continues to fulfil visa liberalisation benchmarks and has taken action to address the European Commission’s previous recommendations, the sixth report of the Commission on the fulfilment of visa-free obligations by Eastern Partnership countries and the Balkan states said on Thursday.
A total of 1,070 Georgian citizens have been deported from several European Union member states over the past three months for violations of mandatory terms of stay in the countries, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Revaz Javelidze, the Head of the Government Administration, on Monday highlighted Georgia’s selection in 11th place in Europe in corruption control in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report, and credited the outcome with “correct and effective” Government reforms.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Wednesday said it had launched an electronic facial recognition programme earlier this month to increase the effectiveness of control at border checkpoints across the country.
The Government of Georgia will approve the National Counterterrorism Strategy and Action Plan on Monday, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced at today’s government meeting.
A Georgian parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Shalva Papuashvili will participate in the 147th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union hosted in Luanda, the capital city of Angola, between Monday and Friday.
Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Georgian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, on Tuesday highlighted the participation of a Georgian parliamentary delegation in the 147th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union hosted in Luanda, the capital city of Angola.