Georgia, Lithuania ink action plan on Euro-Atlantic integration
By Jamila Babayeva
Georgia and Lithuania signed an Action Plan 2014 within the framework of the Charter on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration between the countries.
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Tamar Beruchashvili and her Lithuanian counterpart Andrius Krivas undersigned the document on April 7, the Georgian ministry reported.
The sides discussed the progress achieved by Georgia in terms of European and Euro-Atlantic integration and prospects of future co-operation in this area.
Krivas reaffirmed his government's support for signing the Association Agreement between Georgia and the European Union at the earliest possible date.
He underlined the need to grant Membership Action Plan (MAP) to Georgia at the next NATO summit.
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.
Georgia is actively preparing for the NATO London summit on September 4-5, 2014 and intends to get a NATO Membership Action Plan.
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