Latvian, Slovenian FMs vow support for Georgia’s European integration
Krišjānis Kariņš, the Latvian top diplomat, said the country expected “further” advancement of Georgia as an EU membership candidate country. Photo: socialnidemokrati.si
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Latvian and Slovenian foreign ministers on Tuesday vowed their support for Georgia’s European integration.
Krišjānis Kariņš, the Latvian top diplomat, said the country expected “further” advancement of Georgia as an EU membership candidate country.
We know that the process is based on merit. Today the picture in the world is becoming black and white. In Europe, Russia is on one side and the European Union on the other side, and we see what is happening in Ukraine. We want the bond of values to grow and that is why we support the enlargement of the European Union”, Kariņš said.
In her turn, the Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon noted that the future of Georgia was “in the European Union”.
The official added Georgia’s further advancement in integration depended on the reforms.
The European Union Delegation to Georgia on Monday said the bloc considered polling stations opened in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia for the Russian presidential election without consent of the Georgian Government “illegal”.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who was in Georgia on Monday with an official visit, highlighted “good meetings” with the country’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and President Salome Zourabichvili.
The process of Euro-Atlantic integration of Georgia and progress achieved as part of it were discussed on Monday in a meeting between the country’s President Salome Zourabichvili and Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of the alliance.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday said the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s ongoing visit to the country would add “significant new momentum” to the country’s ties with the bloc.