Parliament official: Georgian PM's visit to Hungary "crucial" given country’s upcoming EU Council presidency
In her comments over Kobakhidze’s visit to Budapest where he delivered a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Botchorishvili emphasised that Hungary’s presidency in the EU would be a “very important” period for Georgia’s integration into the bloc. Photo via Parliament of Georgia
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Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Thursday said the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s visit to Hungary was “crucial” in light of the latter’s upcoming presidency of the Council of the European Union.
In her comments over Kobakhidze’s visit to Budapest where he delivered a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Botchorishvili emphasised that Hungary’s presidency in the EU would be a “very important” period for Georgia’s integration into the bloc.
The Georgian PM also held a meeting with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán earlier today, where the officials discussed “friendly relations” between the two countries and emphasised the “positive results” achieved in recent years in terms of the partnership.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday highlighted the “timely, interesting and productive” meeting of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán earlier today.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday discussed “friendly relations” between the two countries and emphasised “positive results” achieved in recent years in terms of the partnership, the Georgian Government Administration said.
Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian Prime Minister, on Thursday told the opening session of the Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual event hosted this year in Budapest, Hungary, that his Georgian counterpart Irakli Kobakhidze had “managed to maintain Georgia’s national identity and culture despite challenges”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Thursday said he was confident that “in the near future” Georgia would attain a “full membership of the European family”, in comments at the opening session of the Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual event hosted this year in Budapest, Hungary.