Ruling party head vows “all steps” for EU accession talks will be fulfilled
He added that the country had made “fundamental progress”, with “very good pace in all directions” - an outcome he credited the PM and the Government team for. Photo: Georgian Dream press office
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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.
In his remarks over the matter, Kobakhidze noted the action plan provided for involvement of the domestic opposition and non-governmental organisations in the process.
Of course, the implementation of all nine priorities will begin immediately. The work process will be intensive from January. The Parliament will be actively involved in the work process in January and February. Accordingly, the fulfilment of all nine priorities will be ensured in order to move to the next stage - opening accession negotiations”, he said.
It is a time-consuming process, in the end it will take not one or two years to join the European Union, but the main thing is that we consistently move towards this goal”, the party official continued.
Kobakhidze also reviewed Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s end-of-year report summarising the work of his Government on Monday by saying the comments were “very interesting”.
He added that the country had made “fundamental progress”, with “very good pace in all directions” - an outcome he credited the PM and the Government team for.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday said the Georgian Government was “not going to relax” on the back of the European Council’s decision on Thursday to grant the country the European Union membership candidate status, as membership in the bloc was the “ultimate goal” of the authorities.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
Charles Michel, the European Council President, on Thursday said the Council granted Georgia the European Union membership candidate status.
Cooperation between Georgian and Poland and the European Council’s decision to grant Georgia the European Union membership candidate status were discussed on Monday in a phone call between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Polish counterpart Radosław Sikorski.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday said the opening of the talks for Georgia’s accession to the European Union was planned for December next year.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday said the Georgian Government had “successfully achieved” the “first of two paramount steps” on the country’s European Union membership path.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, on Wednesday said the results of the work of the Georgian foreign office were “apparent”, particularly in the country being granted the European Union membership candidate status last week.
Georgia's accession to the European Union, cooperation with the Czech legislative body and future plans were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between Archil Talakvadze, the Georgian Parliament Vice Speaker and Petr Kubernát, the newly appointed Czech Ambassador to the country.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday highlighted the country’s “special, civilisational” ties with Europe, and further pointed out that “our European partners rightly believe that Georgia belongs to the European family”, in comments at the ongoing annual Ambassadorial Conference in Georgia's capital city of Tbilisi.