Parliament Speaker, FM mark 8th anniversary of EU-Georgia AA

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and the country’s Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili Monday marked the 8th anniversary since the signing of the Association Agreement (AA) with the European Union.

In a tweet, the Speaker said, “the AA was successful in unleashing the potential of Europeanisation, upgrading the Georgia-EU partnership to a qualitatively new level and enabling Georgia to transform itself into a European state. ”

Georgia and the European Union signed the Association Agreement 8 years ago. The AA was successful in unleashing the potential of Europeanisation, upgrading the 🇬🇪-🇪🇺 partnership to a qualitatively new level and enabling 🇬🇪 to transform itself into a European state. pic.twitter.com/wlenDcLz17

— Shalva Papuashvili 🇬🇪 (@shpapuashvili) June 27, 2022

FM Darchishvili believes the AA opened new opportunities for Georgia, access to the EU market, visa-free travel, among them.

#AssociationAgreement opened new opportunities for 🇬🇪:
🔹️Access to the EU market;
🔹️Visa-free travel;
🔹️EU-our major trade partner;
🔹️Bringing almost 70% of the EU acquis closer to 🇬🇪 legislation;
🔹️EU’s financial aid for 8 years – 1 billion EUR.

— Ilia Darchiashvili (@iliadarch) June 27, 2022