Georgian, Swedish FMs discuss bilateral cooperation, “close”, “friendly” relations
The bilateral cooperation, “close” and “friendly” relations between Georgia and Sweden were discussed on Thursday by Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billström in a meeting held within the framework of the 29th OSCE Ministerial Council in Łódź.
At the meeting, the FMs exchanged information on Georgia’s European integration agenda and the process of implementing the European Commission’s recommendations, stressing the importance of the Commission’s recognition of the European perspective for Georgia, while expressing hope that the country would receive candidate status as well.
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Darchiashvili congratulated his colleague on Sweden’s candidacy for NATO membership and expressed hope that the country would join the alliance in the “near future”, while expressing gratitude to Billström for his country’s support for Georgia and stressing the importance of “close cooperation” between the countries. during Sweden’s presidency of the Council of the EU.
The ministers greatly appreciated the relations between Georgia and Sweden in multilateral formats, including Sweden’s support in the framework of the OSCE, where Darchiashvili emphasized the importance of the country’s “active support” in the process of fulfilling EU recommendations and obtaining candidate status.
I definitely want to mention that we have received unwavering and strong messages of support from the Swedish Foreign Minister. I am sure that during their presidency, Georgia will also get concrete results in the direction of European integration,” Darchiashivili added.
Would like to express my immense gratitude to the group of friends in Georgia for their unwavering and vocal support for our country, as well as for supporting the case of ???????? high on the OSCE’s political agenda. #OSCEMC22 pic.twitter.com/VES1FbPwtu
— Ilia Darchiashvili (@iliadarch) December 1, 2022
After the meeting, Darchiashvili also thanked Georgia’s “group of friends” countries – the Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Norway, Canada, Romania, Finland, Ireland, Bulgaria, the United Kingdom, the United States, Ukraine, Sweden, Slovakia, Iceland and Denmark – for their support for Georgia in the OSCE.