PM congratulates citizens on European Council's decision to grant Georgia EU candidate status
Earlier, the European Council President Charles Michel announced the Council’s decision on Georgia’s candidacy. Photo via Government Administration
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday congratulated Georgian people on the European Council’s decision to grant Georgia the European Union membership candidate status.
???????? is ???????? candidate country! Grateful to @EUCouncil ???????? leaders, @CharlesMichel, @vonderleyen, @OliverVarhelyi for acknowledging ????????’s civilizational choice. We remain dedicated & eagerly look forward to advancing on our ???????? integration path.
— Irakli Garibashvili (@GharibashviliGe) December 14, 2023
Earlier, the European Council President Charles Michel announced the Council’s decision on Georgia’s candidacy.
Garibashvili on Wednesday addressed Michel, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish PM whose country chairs the Council of the EU, and leaders of the bloc’s member states to back his country’s EU candidacy in a “watershed moment” for its integration this week.
The European Commission on November 8 recommended the Council to grant Georgia the EU candidate status.
Georgia officially applied for EU membership on March 3, 2022, shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, after accelerating the initial plan to submit the membership application by 2024.