It is important to continue working on the path of European integration in order to achieve the further goal of opening the accession negotiations with and joining the European Union. Such a statement made today Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, Georgia’s Ambassador to the European Union.

“The Georgian Government had close communication with relevant offices of the European Commission and would continue to do so.

It was very important when the European Commission adopted the [enlargement] report and gave a clear recommendation. The Georgian side did not wait for the decision of the European Council and started actively working on the action plan - that is, on the next steps - already in November.

Our European partners had welcomed the fact that the Georgian authorities had immediately started work on implementation of subsequent steps in the integration process.

It is very important to continue working in order to move forward, to start the accession negotiations on time and to fulfil the dream of membership in the European Union. This is a live, working process. We are constantly in very close contact with relevant institutions of the European Commission”, - said the diplomat.