Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party, Irakli Kobakhidze this week said he expects the opening of negotiations on EU accession for Georgia in December 2024.
The GD Chair noted that the government is working on the fulfillment of the European Commission’s newly-defined 9 steps.
“Ukraine and Moldova were granted candidate status in June last year, and negotiations opened in a year and a half for these countries. In our case, we believe negotiations will open much earlier based on the information from our European partners,” Kobakhidze said during an interview on the Tavisufali Khedva (Free Vision) Program of TV Channel.1..
“The discussion on this issue is scheduled for December at the level of the European Commission and European Council, which means one year after granting the status. Work is in progress and we hope negotiations on accession will open in one year.”
