Deepening of cooperation in focus of ruling party head, EU Ambassador meeting

Deepening of the cooperation between Georgia and the European Union was discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, and Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia.

The officials reviewed development of the ties and implementation of the bloc’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status, the press office of the ruling party said.

The discussion comes amid the ongoing work for the country to meet the conditions, outlined by the European Commission and formally set out by the European Council last year.

In the latter’s decision, the EU membership candidate status was granted to Ukraine and Moldova, with the body saying it would be ready to grant the same status to Georgia once the outstanding priorities outlined in the conditions were met.

Kobakhidze and Herczynski also discussed the latest developments on the domestic political arena in their meeting.