EU Enlargement Commissioner to Visit Georgia

European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, Štefan Füle, will arrive in Tbilisi on April 7 for a two day visit as part of his first trip to South Caucasus countries.

"Georgia is an important partner country within the European Neighbourhood Policy… This important visit will provide me with one more opportunity to stress the EU commitment to territorial integrity of Georgia," he said in a statement on April 6.

During the visit Füle and Georgia’s State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration, Giorgi Baramidze, will sign a memorandum of understanding on allocation of EUR 180.29 million support from EU for the period 2011-2013.

According to EU Delegation to Georgia, the funding will support the strengthening of democratic institutions, focusing also on media freedom, political pluralism, human rights and civil society. It said that "considerable part of these funds" is aimed at continued reforms in the justice system, management of the public finances, as well as export and investment promotion, including through market and regulatory reforms and preparationgs for a future Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area with the EU.

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