Georgian ruling party head to meet top officials in Hungary visit
Irakli Kobakhidze and the Georgian delegation members will meet top Hungarian officials in Budapest. Photo: Georgian Dream press office
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Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the Georgian Dream ruling party, commenced a four-day visit to Hungary on Tuesday for meetings with the country's top officials, as announced by the party's press office.
The scheduled discussions with Zsolt Semjén, the Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary, János Latorcai, the Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly, Judit Varga, the Chair of the Committee on European Affairs, and János Bóka, the Minister for European Union Affairs, precede the European Council's upcoming decision on whether to grant its membership candidate status to Tbilisi later this month.
The Georgian Dream authorities have characterised Hungary as a "vocal supporter" of Georgia's aspirations for integration into NATO and the European Union.
The Georgian delegation also includes Giorgi Volski, the Vice Parliament Speaker, Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee in the Parliament, and Irakli Mezurnishvili, a GD MP.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday said Hungary was one of the “strongest” supporters for granting the European Union membership candidate status to Georgia, and further expressed his confidence that the Hungarian Government’s stance on the matter would not change.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday highlighted the support of the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for the country’s European integration by saying the official was a “very big supporter of the European future of our country”.
Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian Prime Minister, arrived in Georgia on Tuesday on an official visit alongside his wife and representatives of his Government, the Georgian Government Administration said.
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday highlighted his “devotion” to Georgia's European Union membership on the sidelines of the European Political Community Summit in Granada.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Tuesday said Hungary was “firmly” supporting the country’s European integration and had voiced “important positions” around the subject.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said Georgia’s European Union integration had “solid support” from the Hungarian Government and its ruling party.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday said the Hungarian Government was “firmly supporting” the granting of the European Union membership candidate status to Georgia by the European Council this month as a decision “with no alternatives”.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Thursday said the Hungarian Parliament had voiced its message of “strong” support of Georgia’s European Union integration.
Gia Volski, the Vice Parliament Speaker of Georgia, on Friday hailed Hungary as a “steadfast supporter” of his country’s European Union integration along with “many other states”, ahead of the European Council’s upcoming decision this month whether to grant Tbilisi the bloc’s candidacy.