EU High Representative highlights “good news” of Georgia advancing towards EU membership
Charles Michel, the European Council President, earlier this month highlighted the country’s commitment to EU integration remained “strong”. Photo: EEAS
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Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs, on Monday highlighted the “good news” of Georgia advancing towards European Union membership.
In his remarks over the matter, Borrell noted the Georgian Government was doing “well” on the implementation of the conditions set out by the European Commission for granting the country the bloc’s membership candidate status.
Georgia is doing well. Until now all the analysis, the proposal from the European Commission have been positive and I encourage Georgia to continue in this path. The good news is that Georgia is advancing towards European Union membership”, he said.
Charles Michel, the European Council President, earlier this month highlighted the country’s commitment to EU integration remained “strong”.
Kakha Kaladze, the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party and Tbilisi Mayor, on Monday said the Government was doing “its best” to meet conditions for European integration of the country, “despite the obstacles” created by a part of the domestic opposition in the process.
Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, on Sunday expressed his satisfaction that the Georgian Government had "promptly" submitted an action plan on the implementation of the nine priorities set out by the European Commission for the country’s European Union membership candidate status to Brussels.
Charles Michel, the European Council President, on Friday highlighted Georgia’s commitment to the European Union integration remained “strong”.
Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs, on Thursday said he had “optimistic” expectations regarding the European Commission’s upcoming decision on Georgia’s EU membership candidate status.
Lithuanian, Latvian and Finnish foreign ministers on Monday pledged their governments' support for Georgia to be granted the European Union membership candidate status in press comments on the sidelines of the bloc’s Foreign Affairs Council session, which came ahead of the EU’s Eastern Partnership Ministerial meeting in Brussels.
The European Union’s enlargement agenda was discussed on Monday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Simon Mordue, the Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the European Council.
Pascual Ignacio Navarro Ríos, the Spanish Secretary of State for European Union Affairs, on Tuesday pledged his Government, the current Chair of the Council of the European Union, would act in line with the recommendations of the European Commission for Georgia to be granted EU membership candidate status.
Romanian, Finnish and Croatian officials for European affairs on Tuesday pledged their governments’ support for Georgia’s European Union candidacy ahead of the European Council’s decision on the status this week.