EU integration, reforms, security discussed by Georgian PM, European Parliament President
Metsola congratulated Kobakhidze on his appointment, with the visiting Georgian official thanking the European Parliament President for her support. Photo: Government Administration
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Progress achieved by Georgia on its European integration path and measures to ensure the country’s integration into the European Union were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and the European Parliament President Roberta Metsola.
Metsola congratulated Kobakhidze on his appointment, with the visiting Georgian official thanking the European Parliament President for her support.
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— Irakli Kobakhidze (@PM_Kobakhidze) February 21, 2024
Kobakhidze highlighted the importance of the country receiving the EU membership candidate status in December and noted the Georgian Government continued to work to achieve “further progress” for accession to the bloc under his leadership.
The PM also emphasised the role of the European Parliament and the importance of its support in the country’s European integration process.
The officials assessed the dynamics of cooperation and expressed their readiness to strengthen the partnership, the Government Administration said, with the meeting also focusing on security challenges in the Black Sea region and the wider world, and solutions to them.
The situation in the Russian-occupied regions of Georgia was also reviewed.
Kobakhidze thanked Metsola for her “steadfast support” of Georgia's European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations, as well as its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Wednesday said the meeting between Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and the European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday would bring a “new impetus” to the relations between the sides.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Wednesday said Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze would participate in a meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission, which he said was “one of the main mechanisms of NATO-Georgia bilateral cooperation”.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday said the eighth meeting of the Georgia-EU Association Council earlier today had once again welcomed the bloc’s decision to grant Georgia its membership candidate status and discussed the further steps to be taken by the country on its EU accession path.
Georgia’s European Union integration process and its reform agenda along this path were discussed on Tuesday by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Charles Michel, the European Council President.
Robin Dunnigan, the United States Ambassador to Georgia, on Wednesday said she was “very pleased” over Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s first official visit to Brussels this week and said she hoped to see the country as a member of the European Union in “years ahead”.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Wednesday highlighted the “very interesting” meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and the European Parliament Speaker Roberta Metsola in Brussels.
The joint statement of the Association Council between the European Union and Georgia on Wednesday said the bloc recognised that Georgia had carried out “significant reforms” in a “number of areas” and “successfully” approximated its legislation with the EU acquis in “many sectors”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Wednesday highlighted NATO’s support for the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity at a press briefing in Brussels, as part of his first official foreign visit.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Wednesday said NATO had played a “significant role” in enhancing the country’s defence capabilities and increasing its interoperability with the alliance.
Roberta Metsola, the European Parliament President, on Wednesday affirmed Parliament’s “full support” to the European aspirations of the people of Georgia.
Rati Ionatamishvili, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party faction in the Parliament, on Thursday claimed Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s visit to Brussels this week would “bring results” to citizens of the country.