The European Commission’s Director-General of Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, responded to the Twitter post of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, published after their phone conversation.

“Excellent conversation indeed – impressed with the continued determination and sense of urgency to press on with the European path!”, - tweeted Gert Jan Koopman

“Had a very good conversation with the European Commission’s Director-General of the Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, Gert Jan Koopman. We reviewed Georgia’s efforts and progress on the EU path, once again welcomed the EU Commission’s recommendation to grant our country candidate status and agreed to continue active cooperation”, - wrote earlier Ilia Darchiashvili.