Georgia will discuss with Russia the Association agreement with the EU after the signing

Magee, Kikaleyshvili. Meeting of experts on trade-economic problems between Russia and Georgia in connection with the forthcoming signing of Tbilisi to the Treaty on the Union with the EU will be held after the signing, said the Commissioner, the Georgian Prime Minister on settlement of relations with Russia Zurab Abashidze.

before the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation reported that the meeting will take place in the near future.

Abashidze said that in the first part of July there will be held another meeting with the Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Grigori Karasin in Prague, and " a few days before equally Prague will host the meeting of experts on problems of trade and economic relations between 2 countries."" They will analyze the work that has been done over the last year and a half after beginning a dialogue with Russia, and will consider future prospects, " said Abashidze reporters on the first day of the week in the evening.

" taking into account the fact that the expert meeting will take place after the signing of the Treaty of Union between Georgia and the EU, naturally, will be considered and this theme ", - said Abashidze. He suggested that the issue of the Treaty on the Union with the EU also has the ability to be dealt with Karasin in the process of their mutual Meetings.

" from the information content is very interesting, what is the Russian view on the Association agreement, as the Russian Federation intends to continue the process of trade and economic cooperation with Georgia. Most likely, we will not be able to avoid the consideration of these issues, but this is more a topic for experts than for the General discussion ", - said the special representative.

The European Union wants the conference on 27 June signing of the Treaty on the Union and the free trade area with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. Meeting of Georgian envoy and Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation held from December 2012. the Parties agreed that such Meetings will be held once in two-three months.

Georgia broke off diplomatic relations with Russia in response to respect Moscow independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the last month of summer 2008 after the military aggression of Tbilisi against Tskhinval. In Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia have the status of the occupied territories. Commissioners of the new government that came to power after elections to the Parliament of October 1, 2012, was named one of the top priorities of the foreign policy, normalization of relations with Russia.


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