Armenian PM welcomes European Commission’s decision on Georgia’s EU candidate status

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Friday welcomed the European Commission’s decision to recommend the European Council to grant Georgia the membership candidate status.

In his remarks at a panel discussion at the Paris Peace Forum, Pashinyan stated the Commission's decision was “important”.

First of all, I would like to welcome the European Commission’s decision to recommend granting Georgia the [membership] candidate status. This is very important. I wanted to officially congratulate my Georgian counterpart after the decision of the European Council [in December]”, he said.

The Armenian official wished Georgia “every success” on its European Union integration path.