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By Jamila Babayeva

Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili met with the EU- Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee members on March 27.

The talks focused on cooperation between Georgia and the EU, in particular the importance of accelerating the signing of an Association Agreement, the presidential administration reported.

Georgia initialed association agreement with the EU at the Vilnius summit dedicated to the European Union's 'Eastern Partnership' countries - ex-Soviet states on November 29, 2013. The signing of the Association Agreement is scheduled for August 2014.

Margvelashvili and co-Chairman Milan Cabrnoch paid particular attention to the issues of stability in Georgia and regional security in the light of recent developments in Ukraine.

They also discussed the EU's role in conflict resolution, as well as intensification of the EU Monitoring Mission.

The meeting also focused on the rule of law, development of democracy, protection of human rights, as well as prospects of cooperation between Georgia and the EU in these areas after the signing of the Association Agreement.

Attendants in the meeting included National Security Council Secretary Irina Imerlishvili, co-chairman of the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Tina Khidasheli and the president's foreign policy adviser, Vano Machavariani.