The Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili said the Georgian Government was working very closely with the European Union to receive the bloc’s membership candidate status later this year, and called the process the path that will eventually lead us to the EU membership.
At a press briefing with his Danish counterpart Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Darchiashvili underscored the Government was fulfilling all the commitments it had made with its EU partners.
“At the moment, Georgia is working very closely with the European Union in order to receive the status of a candidate country. This is the step, the path that will eventually lead us to [EU] membership. It takes time, years, for Georgia to gain an eventual membership”, Darchiashvili said.
"We are a responsible partner, an associate member of the European Union, and we have fulfilled all the commitments we made with our partners. Therefore, it is very clear and easy to see the specific steps that the country has taken in this direction in very close coordination with its partners”, - the Minister noted.
Darchiashvili also stressed Rasmussen’s visit to the country was a “very strong signal” that Denmark would “strongly support and protect” Georgia’s interests.
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