Czech Senate President pledges support for “fast-track” EU membership for Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine
The high official, on his official visit to Georgia, also said his country was maintaining support for the Eastern Partnership, which the Associated Trio format was launched last year to support. Photo: Miloš Vystrčil/Twitter
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The Czech Republic will “do its utmost” during the country’s European Union Presidency to support the Associated Trio countries of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine in a “fast-track” EU membership, Miloš Vystrčil, the President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic said on Tuesday.
The high official, on his official visit to Georgia, also said his country was maintaining support for the Eastern Partnership, which the Associated Trio format was launched last year to support.
The EaP itself was launched by the EU in 2009 and originally unified Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine in their partnership with the Union and in support of democracy and stability in Eastern Europe.
Belarus suspended its participation in the EaP following the economic sanctions imposed by the EU against the country last year for “violence against peaceful protesters, intimidation, arbitrary arrests and detentions” following the presidential elections in August 2020.
During his visit to Georgia, Vystrčil met the country's Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili and Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili.
Under the Czech Republic’s Presidency of the European Union, Georgia is “going through an important stage” of its European integration, Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili said following his meeting with Miloš Vystrčil, the President of the Czech Senate, in Tbilisi on Tuesday.
The close cooperation between Georgia and the Czech Republic was discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic Miloš Vystrčil.
Georgia and the Czech Republic have signed an agreement on priority directions in trade and economic relations between the two countries, the Georgian Economy Ministry announced on Monday.
Miloš Vystrčil, the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic, is on a visit to Georgia for a series of meetings in the country, with the official arriving on Sunday with a delegation.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament’s European Union Integration Committee, said on Tuesday she expected the conclusion of the European Commission on Georgia’s EU membership bid would be “positive”.
Bilateral relations between Georgia and the Czech Republic and Georgia’s prospects for European integration were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between foreign minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Czech counterpart Jan Lipavsky.
Georgian foreign minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday described his country as one of “key allies” of the European Union in the region at a Tbilisi press conference with his Czech counterpart Jan Lipavsky.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday said his country could play an “important role” for diversification of transport routes and ensuring Europe's energy supply on the backdrop of challenges sparked by ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.