FM welcomes Croatia's support for Georgia’s EU integration
At a briefing following the meeting between the two top diplomats, Darchiashvili noted Croatia “once again” had confirmed its “firm support” for Georgia's integration into European and Euro-Atlantic structures. Photo: MFA of Georgia
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Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday said he appreciated Croatia's support for the country's European integration, in a remark following a meeting with his visiting counterpart Gordan Grlić Radman.
At a briefing following the meeting between the two top diplomats, Darchiashvili noted Croatia “once again” had confirmed its “firm support” for Georgia's integration into European and Euro-Atlantic structures.
We highly appreciate this supportive position of Croatia to promote Georgia's accession to the European Union and to share its experience with us. At the meeting, we discussed the work and progress made by Georgia in terms of a number of priorities, the goal of which is to move to the next stage of joining the European Union”, Darchiashvili said.
The top Georgian diplomat stressed the Government was “actively continuing” to fulfil its obligations under the 2014-signed Association Agreement between Georgia and the European Union.
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— Ilia Darchiashvili (@iliadarch) February 9, 2023
We continue to actively work to fulfil all the priorities and commitments made in the Association Agreement. Along with the issue of joining the European Union, we talked about Georgia's medium-term goal, which implies gradual integration into the European Union [and] maximum access to its single market”, he noted.
“This will provide specific benefits to Georgia and its citizens in the short and medium term, and it will actually be possible to enjoy the benefits that EU membership brings”, Darchiashvili added.
Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gordan Grlić Radman is on his first visit to Georgia and will on Thursday meet his counterpart Ilia Darchiashvili to review the cooperation between the two countries.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday said the European Commission's latest report on Georgia showed the country should have received the European Union membership candidate status last year.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Saturday said the country entered the “final phase” of the accession process to the European Union and the final decision would “inevitably” mean Georgia’s full membership of the Union.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Friday said he hoped the country’s European partners would consider the results of its implementation of the European Union conditions for granting it the membership candidate status, after the release of a European Commission report that noted its progress in the work.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday discussed bilateral cooperation and his country’s European Union integration prospects with the visiting Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gordan Grlić Radman.
Croatia’s Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman on Thursday reaffirmed his country’s “firm support” for Georgia’s European integration process and pledged readiness to share “experience and knowledge” to help the country in its aspirations of becoming a member of the European Union.
The European Union member Croatia’s experience will be useful for Georgia on its European integration path, Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili said on Thursday following a meeting with Croatia’s Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman.
Bilateral relations between Georgia and Croatia and the “successful cooperation” between the countries within international organisations were discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Zaal Gogsadze, the country’s newly appointed Ambassador to Croatia.