Parliament Speaker to attend NATO-Georgia Commission for integration discussions
Georgian Parliamentary delegation holding meetings in NATO headquarters in Brussels. Photo: Shalva Papuashvili’s Facebook
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Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, is scheduled to participate in a NATO-Georgia Commission meeting in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss prospects of integration into the alliance.
In comments for the press, Papuashvili said the agenda also included discussions with Mircea Geoană, NATO's Deputy Secretary-General. The meetings will also review the security landscape in the South Caucasus, with a specific emphasis on Georgia and its security challenges, he added.
Deputy Secretary General @Mircea_Geoana will meet with Chairman @shpapuashvili of the Parliament of #Georgia ???????? at #NATO HQ on Wednesday 6 December.
— Dylan White (@NATOpress) December 5, 2023
They will take part in a meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission.
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I anticipate a highly engaging discussion”, Papuashvili said, noting the visit marked "another opportunity” for him since January 2022 to engage in the Commission’s meetings.
The official noted last year’s visit occurred before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and added “after a year and a half, we will discuss how Georgia navigated through that period, maintaining a secure environment to ensure the safety of our citizens and a secure corridor for NATO, bridging Europe and Asia".
The Georgian delegation - comprising Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Georgian Parliament, Irakli Beraia, the Head of the Defence and Security Committee, and MP Ketevan Turazashvili - will conclude the visit on Thursday.