Parliament Official: Georgia supports European security principles, stands alongside partners in ensuring intl peace, stability

Georgia has been supporting the principles of security in Europe and standing with its partners in ensuring international peace and stability, Irakli Beraia, the Chair of the Defence and Security Committee in the Georgian Parliament, said on Saturday in his address at the Inter-Parliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union.

Beraia noted the country was also a “major” contributor to the EU crisis management operations and stressed the common values [of Georgia and the EU] would “further enhance” the existing close partnership in the field of security, the Parliament press office said.

He also expressed his willingness to cooperate with the EU to implement the strategic priorities, including the EU-NATO dialogue, with the participation of the Permanent Structured Cooperation [part of the European Union's security and defence policy].

The “important role” of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia [the only foreign mission in the country observing activities adjacent to the Russian-occupied regions] in “maintaining peace and stability” along the occupation line was also highlighted by the Georgian official, stressing the country “fully” shared the “spirit” of Common Security and Defence Policy missions to adapt to “new threats”.

I would like to emphasise the need of constant and growing pressure on Russia to allow the EUMM in the occupied regions without delay and to fulfil the six-point terms of the EU-mediated 2008 ceasefire agreement”, Beraia said.