Georgian MPs to highlight Tbilisi’s support for Ukraine, work for EU candidacy at Francophonie Parliamentary Assembly
Botchorishvili said the MPs in the delegation would also use the event to inform foreign lawmakers about the Government's work for EU candidacy. Photo: Parliament press office
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Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Monday said a delegation from the country would highlight Tbilisi’s “significant” efforts to back Ukraine amid the ongoing war and the Government’s work to implement the conditions for the country’s EU candidacy later this year at the ongoing Francophonie Parliamentary Assembly of Europe in Athens.
Speaking to the press from the forum representing 88 national and regional parliaments to discuss political questions and exchange views, the lawmaker stressed the country’s support for Ukraine had been ‘frequently underestimated” by domestic opponents of the Georgian Dream Government, which she said had “affected” people's opinions over the aid.
Georgia has ensured quite important support of Ukraine [amid the ongoing conflict], and the Georgian delegation will use the platform to inform colleagues about the efforts”, Botchorishvili said.
She noted the MPs in the delegation would also use the event to inform foreign lawmakers about the Government's work to implement the 12-point conditions outlined by the European Union last year for granting Georgia its candidate status in December.
We will use the platform to tell our colleagues how important it is for both Georgia and the EU for Georgia to receive the status”, Botchorishvili said.
The forum kicked off on Sunday and is set to close on Tuesday.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday said Germany becoming “one of the main” supporters for Georgia’s European future gave cause for “more optimism” over the country’s European Union candidacy.
Romanian and Slovenian officials on Thursday expressed their support for Georgia to be granted the European Union membership candidate status in December at a conference hosted in Berlin on the bloc’s enlargement.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, on Friday said even the governments who were the “biggest sceptics” of the enlargement of the European Union “strongly supported” Georgia’s integration into the bloc.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee in the Georgian Parliament, on Thursday said the country’s Government was “doing its best” to facilitate its European integration and highlighted the “complicated” nature of the process.
Stéphane Sarrazin, the Canadian MP, on Monday lauded the engagement of a Georgian Parliamentary delegation in the ongoing Francophonie Parliamentary Assembly of Europe in Athens, saying the forum was a “good opportunity” for cooperation over topics like Georgia’s EU integration.
David Songulashvili, the Chair of the Committee of Sectoral Economy and Economic Policy of the Georgian Parliament, on Tuesday told the Francophonie Parliamentary Assembly of Europe in Athens the Georgian Government’s expectations were “high” ahead of the European Commission’s report on whether to recommend the European Union membership candidate status for the country.
A Georgian Parliamentary delegation on Tuesday submitted amendments to a declaration adopted at the Francophonie Parliamentary Assembly of Europe in Athens to include protection of human rights in the country’s occupied territories and its territorial integrity.