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EU looks forward to early signature of agreement with Georgia

15 April 2014 17:48 (UTC+04:00)
EU looks forward to early signature of agreement with Georgia

By Jamila Babayeva

The European Union (EU) looks forward to early signature of the association agreement with Georgia and Moldova.

"The European Union reaffirms its support for political association and economic integration with Georgia and Moldova and looks forward to early signature of the association agreements, including Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas no later than June 2014," the EU's foreign ministers' statement adopted in Luxemburg reads.

Georgia initialed association agreement with the EU at the Vilnius summit on November 29, 2013. The signing of the Association Agreement is scheduled for August 2014.

Recently, Georgian State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Alexi Petriashvili said the association agreement will be signed by June.

The EU expressed confidence that further deepening of EU-Georgia and EU- Moldova relations will have a positive impact on stability and socio-economic development, for the benefit of all the citizens of the two countries.

"The EU encourages Georgia and Moldova to continue implementing reforms as part of their commitment to further strengthen the political association and economic integration with the EU," the document stressed.

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