The Prime Minister of Georgia congratulated the society on receiving the candidate status. He thanked the leaders of the European countries who unanimously made a positive decision.

“Georgia is EU candidate country! Grateful to EU Council, EU leaders for acknowledging Georgia’s civilizational choice.

I want to thank Mr. Charles Michel, who called me today and personally congratulated me on today and this historic victory, and I also have the honor to convey his congratulations to the Georgian people.

Special thanks to Mr. Olivér Várhelyi who has been involved all along and has been one of the main cheerleaders along with Mrs. Ursula von der Leyen. I want to thank each and every leader of the 27 countries of the European Union for their unanimity and unanimous strong support and for trust.

Congratulations to all! I want to congratulate every citizen on today"s historic day, this is truly a victory for our country and people, this is truly a well-earned, well-deserved status that we, the government, together with our people and for our people have won. We fought, we won!