PM’s Brussels visit a signal Georgia “doing everything” to ensure EU integration - Parliament Speaker
He also said the “main decisions” were “up to the country’s European partners”, and hoped they would be “as brave as Georgia has been for decades”. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday said Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s first official foreign visit being made to Brussels was a “signal” the country was “doing everything” to ensure European integration in the Euro-Atlantic space.
In his comments to the media, Papuashvili said the PM was scheduled to hold “high-level” meetings with “all leaders” of EU and NATO bodies during the trip.
He also said the “main decisions” were “up to the country’s European partners”, and hoped they would be “as brave as Georgia has been for decades”.
Kobakhidze left for the Brussels visit on Monday.
Viktor Dolidze, Georgia's Ambassador to NATO, on Monday said Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s first official visit to Brussels showed the country's “most important” foreign and security policy priorities.
Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, Georgia's Ambassador to the European Union, on Tuesday said Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s visit to Brussels this week would be ”extremely interesting and informative”.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday said Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s visit to Brussels this week was “very important” for the country and its foreign political priorities.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Monday said the eighth meeting of the Association Council between the European Union and Georgia would discuss the Black Sea submarine electricity cable project, a project for a new transmission route to connect the South Caucasus grid to Europe.
Georgia's accession to the European Union was discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on Tuesday told the visiting Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze that his trip to Brussels was a “sign that Georgia has chosen the European path very seriously”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Tuesday said “statements about the second front” of the war in Ukraine, made by Ukrainian Government officials, were “very sad”, but added his Government was “strongly supporting” the country “politically”.
Olivér Várhelyi, the European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, on Tuesday said the EU membership candidate status, granted to Georgia in December, was bringing “benefits” and “dividends” not only to the country but also to the bloc.
Viktor Dolidze, Georgia's Ambassador to NATO, on Wednesday said Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s first official visit to Brussels and meetings with NATO officials would add “another important impetus” to the country’s aspirations for full membership in the alliance.