EU, bloc’s member states ambassadors congratulate Georgia on receiving candidate status
Earlier, the European Council President Charles Michel announced the Council’s decision on Georgia’s candidacy. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Paweł Herczyński, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia and the ambassadors of the EU member states on Thursday congratulated Georgia on being granted the bloc’s membership candidate status.
???????????????????? “Georgia has been granted the candidate status! On this historic day, the European Union and our Members States have one message to the people of Georgia” - Watch the video message of the EU Ambassador Pawel Herczynski and the Ambassadors of the EU Member States ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/RVQv3X1dIQ
— EU Delegation Georgia ???????? (@EUinGeorgia) December 14, 2023
Recently, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili congratulated Georgian citizens on the European Council’s decision to grant the candidate status.
Earlier, the European Council President Charles Michel announced the Council’s decision on Georgia’s candidacy.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday congratulated Georgian people on the European Council’s decision to grant Georgia the European Union membership candidate status.
Charles Michel, the European Council President, on Thursday said the Council granted Georgia the European Union membership candidate status.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Thursday said the European Union member states “unequivocally” supported granting Georgia the bloc membership candidate status.
The hilltop TV tower overlooking Georgia's capital Tbilisi and the Bridge of Peace are on Thursday illuminated in the colours of the European Union flag in a symbolic move after the European Council granted Georgia its membership candidate status this evening.
December 14 will be recorded as “a historic day”, starting today Georgia is a European state, the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Thursday following the European Council’s decision on granting Georgia the European Union membership candidate status.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday congratulated Georgian people on “this historic day” - being granted the European Union membership candidate status.
Leaders and officials from governments across the West on Thursday congratulated Georgia on receiving the European Union membership candidate status, following the summit of the European Council that endorsed the bloc’s enlargement package on Thursday.
Georgian authorities have congratulated citizens on the country being successfully granted the European Union membership candidate status by the European Council on Thursday, praising the decision as “a dream come true”.
Shalva Papuashvili, the Georgian Parliament Speaker, on Friday said the European Union membership candidate status, which he said had been “deservedly” granted to the country on Thursday, would be “imprinted as a breakthrough moment of historic value”.
The Government Administration building is on Friday illuminated in the colours of the European Union flag in a symbolic move after the European Council decided to grant the country the European Union membership candidate status, the Administration said.
The voice of the people of Georgia is “clearly heard” in the European Union, Paweł Herczyński, the Ambassador of the European Union to the country, on Friday told the public at the event celebrating the European Council’s decision to grant the country the EU candidate status.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Friday said the decision of the European Council to grant the country the bloc’s membership candidate status the previous day was the result of the Government's “hard work” per the interests of the Georgian people.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party and Kakha Kaladze, the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream and Tbilisi Mayor, on Friday joined the celebration event at the central Freedom Square on the occasion of obtaining the European Union membership status on the previous day, and congratulated the citizens on the “victory”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday hailed the efforts of the country’s population and its Government in obtaining the European Union membership candidate status on Thursday, making the comments in a public celebration dedicated to the “historic victory” in Tbilisi.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Friday reacted to the country being granted the European Union membership candidate status by saying Europe was “neither just a geography nor just a political unity” for Georgia but represented “our worldview, our spirituality and our natural state”.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday said all nine priorities set out by the European Commission for opening European Union accession talks with the country would be fulfilled, pledging the ruling party would present a “detailed plan” on their implementation.
Paweł Herczyński, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, on Saturday said his “personal New Year’s wish did come true” and Georgia was starting 2024 as an EU candidate country.
Robin Dunnigan, the United States Ambassador to Georgia, on Sunday said as the New Year was coming, she wanted to once again congratulate all Georgians for the tremendous achievement the country made this year in attaining the European Union membership candidate status in December.