Georgian PM, EU Ambassador review European integration
The meeting focused on the agenda of reforms on the path of integration into the European Union. Photo: Government Administration
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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.
In the conversation, Kobakhidze stressed Georgia “belonged in” the EU, the Government Administration said.
The officials assessed last week's visit of the Prime Minister in Brussels and “high-level” meetings hosted within the trip, noting the relations were “at the highest level” and Georgia was “firmly” standing on the European path.
The meeting focused on the agenda of reforms on the path of integration into the European Union.
Kobakhidze stressed his Government’s next priority was to open accession talks with the EU, which it was “actively working on”, including through the implementation of the relevant steps determined for Georgia by the European Commission.
The Prime Minister also discussed with the EU Ambassador the dynamics of the implementation of the priorities given in the enlargement report.
Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Chikovani on Wednesday said the NATO-Georgia Commission meeting earlier during the day, as part of PM Irakli Kobakhidze’s visit to Brussels, had been “positive”.
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 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.
Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration and the NATO-Georgia relations agenda, as well as the steps taken towards the integration and concrete plans for future cooperation, were discussed on Wednesday by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General.
Massimiliano D'Antuono, the Italian Ambassador to Georgia, on Wednesday said he was “optimistic” about the Georgian Government’s implementation of the recommendations outlined by the European Union for opening accession talks with the country.
Irakli Chikovani, the Minister of Defence of Georgia, on Wednesday met with Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, to discuss “perspectives of deepening” cooperation “in various formats”.