The Georgian PM, Irakli Garibashvili, gave a speech at a briefing held by the government administration. He thanked Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission (EC) president, during his speech. He also expressed his special thanks to the European Commissioner Oliver Varhey, a great friend of the country.
The PM Said, “It is my great honour to congratulate you on today’s historic decision. The European Commission positively evaluates the achieved result and recommends the European Council to grant Georgia candidate status. This, of course, is a historic day, a historic decision of the European Commission. First, I would like to thank the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. I would also like to express special thanks to the European Commissioner Oliver Varhey, a great friend of our country.”
The head of government thanked the management team and noted that this day is the merit of each team member. According to the prime minister, the government team has worked 24 hours daily to implement 12 recommendations over the past year.
The Prime Minister congratulated each citizen today and stressed that this recognition is a worthy decision that belongs to the people.
The head of government said the truth has prevailed despite numerous obstacles, resistance, sabotage or provocations and several destructive actions, joint, coordinated actions of enemies, internal and external.
The minister stated, “Of course, now we will continue the permanent dialogue as we did before with our European colleagues. We will coordinate closely with our European friends. I would want that despite many obstacles, resistance, sabotage or provocations and several destructive actions, joint, coordinated actions of internal or external enemies, we will win; our country has won today, our people have won, our truth has won, and once again I sincerely Gilo You all have a confession today.”
According to the Prime Minister, today is the crowning and summarizing of the 11-year work of the ruling team.
According to the head of government, it would be impossible to achieve this if Bidzina Ivanishvili and his entire team – “Georgian Dream”, did not make a historical change.
He also mentioned in his speech that this will ultimately lead us to the full Europeanization of the country. The transformation of our country must go on, and finally, our goal and main dream is to unite our country. We are approaching This significant goal every day, and today’s historic step brings us closer to that incredible, common national goal.
Once again, I want to thank everyone in our team and congratulate every citizen living on this land on today’s historic victory and recognition. “We have received a deserved status, which our strong and proud Georgian people deserve,” – said the Prime Minister.
