Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and MPs on Friday met local self-government officials and citizens to discuss the current circumstances and needs of the residents living in villages located near the occupation line separating central Georgia's Russian-occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) from the rest of the country.
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Gia Volski, a ruling party MP and the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, on Friday said he was “confident” the European Council would analyse “in depth” the “reality created around Georgia” and grant the country the European Union membership candidate status.
Georgia “deserves to receive” the European Union membership candidate status and the expectations of the Georgian citizens “must be met,” Levan Ioseliani, the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament and a member of the opposition Citizens Party, said on Monday.
The meeting between Georgian and Russian expert circles in Moscow on March 24 was a “private initiative” and Georgian state structures “did not participate” in it, Zurab Abashidze, the Special Representative of the Georgian Prime Minister for Relations with Russia, said on Friday.