Statement: Remarks by President Donald Tusk following his meeting with the President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili

On 12 May 2015, President of the European Council Donald Tusk welcomed the President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili on his first official visit to Brussels.

This was an occasion to reaffirm the European Union's strong commitment to the Eastern Partnership and the objective of developing strengthened, closer, and differentiated relations between the EU and its sovereign, independent Eastern partner states.

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ESO: Background information: Commission assesses the implementation of Visa Liberalisation Action Plans by Ukraine and Georgia http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-assesses-the-implementation-of-visa-liberalisation-action-plans-by-ukraine-and-georgia/

European Parliament: Newsroom: Press Release, 13.05.15: Georgian president: Russia gains more from working with Europe than from attacking its neighbours http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20150511STO54557/

ESO: Background information: Eastern Partnership Summit, 21-22 May 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/meeting-eastern-partnership-summit-riga-21-22-may-2015/

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