EU Pledges Support for Georgia

Foreign Ministers of the European Union member states expressed support to Georgia?s interim government in Brussels on December 8 and pledged to render assistance to promote free and fair elections in the country.

?The European Union underlines its support for the interim political leadership in Georgia and calls on all parties in Georgia to ensure continued calm, particularly in the run-up to coming elections and beyond,? the document issued by the EU Council on December 8 reads.

The EU expects that developments in Georgia will take place within the Constitution, and reiterates its call for Georgia?s elections to be free and fair.

According to the document the EU reaffirms its support to the territorial integrity and national unity of Georgia, and underlines the paramount importance of maintaining stability in Georgia and the South Caucasus.

The EU is willing to help Georgia in its present difficult situation through the range of EU instruments. A high level EU delegation, led by the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, will visit Georgia in the shortest possible time to give expression to EU support for the interim political leadership, and to assess how the EU may best assist the country during the current transitional period and beyond.

The EU stresses the need to redouble efforts to tackle corruption, to reform state structures and to implement other urgently needed reforms.

?EU relations with Georgia, as well as those with Armenia and Azerbaijan, are solidly based on a long-term commitment to partnership and cooperation. The EU looks forward to helping Georgia and the other countries of the South Caucasus to strengthen their relations with the European Union,? the EU document reads.

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