Georgia had planned to submit this request in 2024, but has decided to advance the deadlines after Russia has started a war in Ukraine. The Georgian authorities demand that the EU make a decision as soon as possible.
Georgia has announced that it will submit to the European Union (EU) the application for the start of the special accession procedure and recognition as a candidate country for entry into the community club, after Ukraine gave that happened days before as a way to stop the Russian invasion.
“Starting from the common political context and taking into account the new realities (…) we made the decision to submit without delay the application for the accelerated granting of the status of candidates for EU membership”, said the president of the Georgian Dream party. , Ikrakli Kobajidze.
The leader of the ruling political party made these statements at a press conference broadcast live on the main Georgian television channels.
Tbilisi has been encouraged to take this step after the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskydid it last Monday, in order to stop the military invasion ordered by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.
Georgia, which waged a war against Russia in 2008, is thus seeking shield your security and secure the support of the Twenty-Seven.
“The government is preparing the application and tomorrow we will officially submit it to the EU,” Kobajidze added.
Kobajidze has called on “the relevant EU entities to study the request in extraordinary regime and make the decision on the granting of this status”.
Georgia originally planned to file this application in 2024.
Source: Eitb
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