Visit of Giorgi KVIRIKASHVILI, Georgian Prime Minister, to the EP in Brussels. Arrival, welcome by Martin SCHULZ, EP President,&nbsp;roundtable and extracts from the press point&nbsp;

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KVIRIKASHVILI, Giorgi (GE)

Martin SCHULZ, EP President meets with Giorgi KVIRIKASHVILI, Georgian Prime Minister: arrival, roundtable and extracts from the press point

Arrival of Giorgi KVIRIKASHVILI, Prime Minister of Georgia, greetings to EP President Martin SCHULZ, walking shot.

Handshake in front of Georgia and EU flags

Arrival to the EP President premises and signature of the Guests Book (3 shots)

SOUNDBITE (English), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, I congratulated the Prime Minister for the very large victory in the election. I think this is an exceptional result and I said honestly, I wish that I would have also such electoral success, that is wonderful. So, congratulations.

SOUNDBITE (English), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, We discussed very intensively the question of visa liberalisation. We went into the details of the ongoing negotiations between the Council of Ministers and the EP and I expressed to the Prime Minister that I&rsquo;m still optimistic to find in the next coming days a solution between the Council and the EP, a compromise, especially on the so-called &lsquo;suspension mechanism&rsquo;.

SOUNDBITE (English), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, We as EP, as one of the communitarian institutions, we defend and stick to the territorial integrity of Georgia as a non-negotiable principle. You can count as country Prime Minister with the unconditional support of the EP in the frame of these territorial questions.

SOUNDBITE (English), Giorgi KVIRIKASHVILI, Georgian Prime Minister, I&rsquo;d like to underline the importance of visa liberalisation and I&rsquo;d like to thank President Schulz for the very frank open discussion. This deliverable expected by the majority of Georgian population bears enormous transformative power, being an enormous incentive to continue reform agenda for Georgia and of course we are expecting that internal procedures in Brussels will be finalised in the near future and expectations of Georgian population will be fulfilled.

SOUNDBITE (English), Giorgi KVIRIKASHVILI, Georgian Prime Minister, We value EPs very vocal and bold stands condemning ongoing occupation of Georgian soil by Russia and its aftermath of civil insecurity and humanitarian conditions. To conclude I would like to thank the EP for supporting Georgia&rsquo;s European aspirations and I&rsquo;d like to thanks personally President Schulz for his personal contribution to builds Georgia&rsquo;s European future. End of press point, shake hands.