Georgian President to attend the "Eastern Partnership" summit

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili will participate in the summit of the "Eastern Partnership" which will be held September 29-30 in Warsaw. As reported Trend with reference to Georgian presidential administration, Saakashvili is already in Warsaw.

Both the leaders of the program participants - Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine, and EU leaders and the leaders of several EU countries.will attend the summit of "Eastern Partnership".

The summit will begin tonight at 19.00, and a briefing will be given summit on September 30.

As stated by the president's spokesman Manana Manjgaladze, Saakashvili will hold several bilateral meetings, including the High Commissioner for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton at the summit .

As Manjgaladze noted, at the summit, along with other issues topics of regional security will be discussed. According to her, it's planned to adopt a joint communique. "We also have the opportunity to present 27 EU member states and five countries members of the "Eastern Partnership" our vision, priorities and initiatives that will make us closer to the EU", she said.

Georgia hopes to specifically define the date of commencement of negotiations with EU on free trade.


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