At a joint press conference with his Georgian counterpart, Ilia Darchiasvili, the head of the ministry stated that Georgia is an important partner in overcoming the future challenges facing Europe.
On the one hand, Georgia also understands and supports the neighborhood policy based on peace and stability. On the other hand, Georgia can be an important player in the future in making Europe’s energy diversification efforts a success. The third is that the country is extremely committed to European integration.
He then underlined that one of the reasons for the current visit is the joint preparation for the Hungarian EU presidency starting in July, which will take place at a time when the community is in particularly bad shape.
Our goal is to strengthen the European Union, to break the spiral that is taking the European Union into a worse and worse shape.
He also explained that the best tool for this is enlargement, since the EU needs new momentum, freshness, and dynamism, and those countries that continue to fight enthusiastically for future membership can best bring this.
Opportunities of the Caucasus region
“Georgia is also such a country. “Georgia, which has produced such economic growth in the recent period – often double-digit economic growth – that it can certainly contribute to the European Union’s competitiveness finally improving again after many years of decline,” emphasized Péter Szijjártó.
Hungary strongly supported the EU’s December decision to grant Georgia candidate status.
“This was the right decision, and to some extent it made up for the previous unfair decision, which did not grant Georgia candidate status at the same time as Ukraine,” he said. “During its EU presidency, Hungary will help Georgia to ensure that the accession process goes as quickly as possible.” done, as we think that not only Georgia, but also the European Union can gain a lot from this,” indicated the head of the ministry. The minister also touched on the issue of energy security.
It is completely clear, everyone can see this, even those whose eyes are covered by the veil of ideology, that the European continent cannot guarantee the security of its own energy supply by itself, that requires external resources.
However, according to his words, the Caucasus region can greatly contribute to the continent’s energy supply, as the countries of the region have an amazing potential in the field of renewable production, which is also important from the point of view of environmental protection. He announced that the Azeri-Georgian-Hungarian-Romanian agreement will enter into force on Monday, based on which green energy, mainly wind energy, can be imported from the Caucasus to Europe.
(Cover photo: Péter Szijjártó Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Affairs on February 16, 2024. Photo: Zoltán Máthé / MTI)
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