EU “ready” to work with Georgia’s new Prime Minister - Ambassador
The Georgian Dream congress will formally present its new candidate for the position, with party Chair Irakli Kobakhidze expected to be picked. Photo: EU Delegation to Georgia
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Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, on Thursday expressed his readiness to work with the country’s new Prime Minister and selected ministers in order for the country to succeed on the path of its European integration.
In his remarks following the exit of Irakli Garibashvili from the position this week and scheduled ruling party congress that will select the new PM on Thursday, Herczynski noted “close” cooperation would continue with the new Government for the success of Georgia's European integration.
I myself am very interested in what will be the composition of the new Government, but I want to assure you that whatever decision is made, we, the European Union, are ready to work with the newly elected Prime Minister and the newly appointed ministers in order for Georgia to succeed on the path of European integration”, he said.
The Georgian Dream congress will formally present its new candidate for the position, with party Chair Irakli Kobakhidze expected to be picked.
Kakha Kaladze, the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party and the Mayor of Tbilisi, on Thursday pledged “unwavering commitment” to “national interests” following the resignation of Irakli Garibashvili as the country’s Prime Minister on Monday and the forthcoming nomination of his replacement by the party.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday claimed a “radical agenda” was being planned by the domestic opposition ahead of the parliamentary elections in October.
The ruling Georgian Dream party will on Thursday hold a party congress to formally present its new candidate for the position of the Prime Minister after the exit of Irakli Garibashvili from the position on Monday.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday said if the ruling Georgian Dream party Chair Irakli Kobakhidze became the new Prime Minister following the exit of Irakli Garibashvili from the position this week, the development would mark a “historic moment for Georgian democracy” by symbolising the country's switch to the parliamentary republic model in having a PM selected from the lawmaking body.
The outgoing Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday said the ruling team had “no other choice” than to “convincingly win” the 2024 parliamentary elections to avoid “war and chaos” in the country.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday expressed the legislative body’s “readiness” to promote building of “bridges of cooperation” between the Western Balkans and the Eastern Neighbourhood of the European Union.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, on Monday said the path towards the country’s European Union membership was “neither quick nor easy”.