“Everything should be done” to open accession talks with EU by end of 2024 - Georgian PM
“These two days give us a particular reason for optimism as a very friendly attitude towards our country was noticeable from the EU leaders”, the PM added. Photo via Parliament of Georgia
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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.
The Government has “high hopes” that the accession talks will be opened with the bloc this year, Kobakhidze told the media, highlighting that the meetings, held as part of his visit to Brussels, “showed a very good progress” of the country on the EU integration path.
These two days give us a particular reason for optimism as a very friendly attitude towards our country was noticeable from the EU leaders”, the PM added.
He also pointed out the “very important and positive” meeting of the Association Council on Tuesday, where Georgia's progress was positively evaluated.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Wednesday pledged to continue working towards getting Georgia “much closer” to NATO and said it was “fundamentally” important to deepen the partnership 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.
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”.
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.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday said the country’s Government had managed to secure the “historic” achievement of receiving the European Union membership candidate status last year “without harming the country's interests, weakening democracy or shrinking the economy”.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday said 2024 should “become the year of rapprochement” with the European Union and NATO, in comments of his 2023 report in the legislative body.
Ladies and Gentlemen, my today’s speech is my last report as a Speaker of the Parliament before the 2024 parliamentary elections. This is why, in addition to presenting 2023 report, I will use this opportunity to summarise the processes developed around and with participation of current convocation of Parliament that was full of political and historic developments.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday said his visit to Brussels this week had “made it possible to discuss all points” around the work for meeting the priorities outlined by the European Commission for opening accession talks with the country.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday said a “fair and constructive” approach was helping develop relations between Georgia and the European Union, noting the decision of the European Council to grant the country the bloc’s membership candidate status last year had “positively” affected the deepening of the ties.
Sheraz Gasri, the French Ambassador to Georgia, on Friday said the meetings held in Brussels, as part of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s first foreign visit, were “very important”, expressing hope to deliver “very good news” to France on Georgia’s progress in implementing relevant reforms.
Relations between Georgia and the European Union were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to the country.
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.