The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia reported that, in accordance with the EU visa regulation ((EU) 2018/1806, Article 8e(9)), during the period of operation of the visa-free regime suspension mechanism, the European Commission (EC) is obliged to initiate a dialogue with the relevant third country.
The ministry stated that, at the invitation of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, the first meeting within the dialogue between the Georgian side and the European Commission will take place in Brussels on June 11.
Representatives of relevant state agencies of Georgia will participate in the talks. The delegation will be led by the head of the Directorate for International Legal, Consular, and Diaspora Issues of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
As a reminder, the EU plans to hold a dialogue with Georgia on the visa issue on June 11. This was reported on the social network X by Rikard Jozwiak, the head of the European bureau of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
