German Bundestag sends delegation of EU Affairs Committee to Georgia

The delegation of the Bundestag Committee on EU Affairs will be in Georgia May 2-5, Report informs referring to Novosti-Georgia.

The delegation is headed by the representative of the Social Democratic Party Christian Petry. Together with him, Ralph Brinkhaus (Christian Democratic Union), Michael Sacher (Alliance 90/The Greens), Thomas Hacker (Free Democratic Party) and Harald Weill (Alternative for Germany) are arriving in Tbilisi.

Meetings are planned with the ministers of justice and economy, negotiations in the Georgian Foreign Ministry and the Parliament. Meetings with representatives of civil society and the media are also expected.

The main theme of the visit a few months before the decision on the status of Georgia as a candidate for EU accession is the implementation of the necessary reforms, expansion of relations and cooperation with the European Union.

“Against the backdrop of the war that Russia is waging in Ukraine, the conversation will also touch upon issues of foreign and security policy and the consequences caused by the war in the region, geopolitical issues,” the embassy said in a statement.