Georgia’s Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze left for Strasbourg to meet European Union (EU) and European Parliament (EP) officials and discuss the country’s visa liberalisation perspectives.
During his two-day visit Janelidze was scheduled to meet an EP Vice President and representatives of several fractions and committees. The Georgian Minister will also meet Mariya Gabriel, EP’s rapporteur for a visa waiver proposal for Georgia. A meeting with EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn is also planned.
Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said all the meetings would discuss Georgia’s visa liberalisation process.
Janelidze’s visit comes a week after the EP’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) backed plans to grant Georgian citizens the right to travel to the Schengen area without a visa.
The Committee voted and approved a visa waiver for Georgia with 44 votes in favour, five against and one abstention on September 6.
After the voting and the adoption of the regulation by LIBE, the amendment must now be approved by the Council of the EU then at an EP plenary session, Agenda.ge reports.
