European Parliament “fully supports” European aspirations of Georgian people - EP President
Necessary reforms “will be key as Georgia proceeds on its European path”, Metsola stressed in her social media post following a “good meeting” with the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze earlier today. Photo via Government Administration
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Roberta Metsola, the European Parliament President, on Wednesday affirmed Parliament’s “full support” to the European aspirations of the people of Georgia.
Necessary reforms “will be key as Georgia proceeds on its European path”, Metsola stressed in her social media post following a “good meeting” with the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze earlier today.
Good meeting with Georgia's Prime Minister @PM_Kobakhidze.@Europarl_EN fully supports the European aspirations of the people of Georgia.
— Roberta Metsola (@EP_President) February 21, 2024
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Following the meeting, in his turn, Kobakhidze told the media he had had “a very friendly meeting” with Metsola, highlighting her “quite positive attitude” towards Georgia.
The PM also emphasised he had discussed the deepening of relations between Georgia and the EU with the European Parliament President.
Progress achieved by Georgia on its European integration path and measures to ensure the country’s integration into the European Union were discussed at the meeting between the sides.
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 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.
Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, Georgia's Ambassador to the European Union, on Wednesday highlighted Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s meeting with the European Parliament President Roberta Metsola as “very important”.
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 Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Wednesday said “everything should be done” so that Georgia could “move to a new stage” on European integration - opening accession talks with the European Union by the end of the year.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday denounced the demands by the domestic opposition and some non-governmental organisations of transferring the “decisive” role in staffing the country’s judiciary to foreign states.