Current year stands out as yet another very important positive event and it is our success on the path of EU integration. It was announced by the Prime Minister of Georgia when delivering his keynote speech at the launch of a Conference of Ambassadors today.

“European Perspective has been granted to Georgia. You may agree that our overwhelming expectation was that our country would get a candidacy status. Unfortunately, we understand it well that a political decision was not made. I do not wish to say anything diminishing other nations on the same path, but – you may well be aware that – we are far ahead – two or three times ahead of Ukraine and Moldova in terms of reforms and delivery.

Nevertheless, it is understandable to us all that it was a political decision. Let us say openly that Ukraine received the candidacy status because it is a country at war. Moldova was deemed to be in a situation that is equalized with a war. Thus, we understand this motivation well enough, however we only wish success to our friendly nations – Moldova and Ukraine. We wish these countries to have peace and wellbeing.

On the same day, when 12 priorities were defined for Georgia, our ruling team – the ruling party – presented a very clear, flawless roadmap to the society, including our partners. The Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia and the entire team were engaged in this process and we delivered on all 12 of them in the most consistent, effective and efficient manner.

Workgroups were created within the Parliament. Sadly, I need to note that opposition parties were not fully engaged in this process. Irrespective of this, some did take part in the end. I wish to thank everyone engaged in the process, as it was a truly labor-intensive endeavor. We delivered on all the defined conditions in high precision. All the rest is in process. You may well be aware that several draft laws were sent to the Venice Commission and expect their opinion to accordingly adjust the wording in the legal instruments”, - noted Irakli Garibashvili.