Junker and Bakhtadze met in New York

European Commissioner president, Jean-Claude Junker, on Tuesday (25 September) met in New York with Georgian prime minister, Mamuka Bakhtadze on the margins of the UN General Assembly meeting.

According to agenda.ge, the website of the Georgian government, Junker positively assessed progress made by Georgia on its way towards EU integration and the democratic, economic and political reforms Georgia is carrying out.

Agenda.ge said that Jean-Claude Juncker praised the Georgian government's initiative "A Step Towards a Better Future" and once again reaffirmed the EU's support for Georgia's territorial integrity.

Mamuka Bakhtadze and Jean-Claude Juncker also discussed the upcoming first meeting of the new format of the dialogue between EU and Georgia. The meeting will be held in Brussels headed by the PM Bakhtadze and Juncker.

The Georgian prime minister later tweeted: 

source: commonspace.eu with agenda.ge

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