Georgian Parliament official reviews EU integration, security with Swedish counterpart
The meeting also highlighted the importance of an “active” involvement of Sweden in supporting the European perspective of Georgia. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Relations between Georgia and the European Union and the implementation of the bloc’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between Maka Botchorishvili, the Head of the European Integration Committee in the Georgian Parliament, and Aron Emilsson, her counterpart in the Swedish Parliament.
Hosted in her visit to Sweden, Botchorishvili met Emilsson, the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the legislative body, to review Georgia-EU ties, implementation of the European Commission recommendations and dynamics of Georgia's integration into the bloc, the press office of the Georgian Parliament said.
The officials also reviewed challenges facing European security, the strengthening cooperation between the EU and Georgia in the Black Sea region, economic development trends and the country’s transit potential.
The meeting also highlighted the importance of an “active” involvement of Sweden in supporting the European perspective of Georgia.
The agenda of cooperation in bilateral and multilateral formats between Georgia and Moldova and “traditionally friendly relations” between the countries were discussed on Tuesday by Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Oleg Serebrian, the Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Monday discussed relations with the European Union, Georgia’s territorial integrity and the current situation in the Black Sea region with the Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer during the latter's visit to the country.
An Austrian delegation led by Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Monday visited the Odzisi crossing point in central Georgia, adjacent to the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, to hear from the European Union Monitoring Mission about developments in the area.
The Georgian Government has ensured “all possible” progress for the country’s European integration over the past decade, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Monday at his joint briefing with visiting Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer.
The current agenda of cooperation between Georgia and Sweden was reviewed on Thursday by Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Ulrik Tideström, the Ambassador of Sweden to Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday responded to the newly published European Commission report on the country’s alignment with the European Union by stressing the document had “once again demonstrated” his country deserved the membership candidate status as a “top reformer”.