Garibashvili: Ukraine and Moldova give status of an EU candidate in advance

Ukraine and Moldova give the status of an advance candidate in the European Union, said Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili at a government meeting.

“Moldova and Ukraine has an absolutely identical [with Georgia] record in connection with the perspective, they also wrote that the European Commission addresses the European council with the recommendation that they should be provided with the prospect of status and also status. They really give them status with advance. The incentive advance payment for Ukraine, which is in a difficult war, and for Moldova, which is also in a difficult position. In our case, the opposite is true – first we must fulfill all the conditions that are presented, reforms, make priorities and, of course, Georgia after that, Georgia after that will provide status “, quotes his news of Georgia.

On June 17, the European Commission recommended granting the status of a candidate for the European Union to Ukraine and Moldova right now. In relation to Georgia, the European Commission at this stage agreed that the country should be provided with the European perspective, but to obtain the status, it was required to first fulfill a number of preliminary conditions – they were formed in 12 points.