Acting Head of the European Union Mission in Georgia Julien Kramps and Political Officers of the U.S. Embassy Lana Owen and Evan Elliott met Aleko Elisashvili [“Citizens” party], David Usupashvili [“Lelo”], Khatia Dekanoidze [United National Movement] and MP Mikheil Daushvili.
The main topic of the meeting was the implementation of 12-point recommendations of the EU.
“We talked about how the 12 tasks we have from the EU are being carried out in order to receive the EU membership candidacy, I told the guests what is being done in the parliament, how intensively these working groups are working, how much the opposition is involved in this matter”, - said Aleko Elisashvili.
“The representatives of both embassies expressed their readiness to help us in this direction. They are interested in how the depolarization process will proceed. I introduced them to Lelo’s position that we will actively participate in these issues at the committee and plenary sessions”, - added David Usupashvili.