Georgian FM highlights “very interesting” meeting between PM, European Parliament President
Darchiashvili was commenting following the EU-Georgia Association Council meeting, held on Tuesday, and called it “the most important day” of Kobakhidze’s first official visit. Photo: Government Administration
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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.
Darchiashvili was commenting following the EU-Georgia Association Council meeting, held on Tuesday, and called it “the most important day” of Kobakhidze’s first official visit.
[It was a meeting of the] European Union-Georgia Association Council, which is the main platform for the rapprochement of bilateral relations between Georgia and the European Union. This most important meeting was held under the direction of the Prime Minister, and it was the first time that [the Georgian delegation] had arrived as a candidate country. I think the most important thing happened yesterday”, he said.
The top Georgian diplomat also stressed Metsola was a “true supporter” of Georgia.
She and the Prime Minister had a very interesting conversation. Of course, the conversation touched on the European future of Georgia, the most important result that our country received through the decision of the European Council last December”, he continued in reference to the candidate status.
The Minister added the Georgian delegation’s “main message” was that the country “continues this most important process until the eventual [EU] membership”.
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”.
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.
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”.
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 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.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday extended his gratitude to the Legal Affairs Committee of the legislative body for “effectively” initiating bills on activities of the Special Investigation Service and the Anti-Corruption Bureau.