Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, on Thursday said the body had granted the European Union membership candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova, and was ready to grant the same status to Georgia once the outstanding priorities outlined by the European Commission were addressed by the Georgian Government.
Michel said the body was recognising the “European perspective” of the country, and congratulated Georgia in his tweet on the “historic moment”.
The European Commission last week recommended the European Council to grant Georgia “European perspective” before assessing how the country meets a number of conditions for receiving the EU membership candidate status.
