The Speaker, H.E. Shalva Papuashvili met with the Chairman of the European Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Portugal, Luís Capoulas Santos.

Shalva Papuashvili discussed in-depth the current status of the implementation of the EU's 12 recommendations and the Association Agreement by the Parliament of Georgia. The Chair of the Committee briefed the Georgian side on Portugal's experience and reaffirmed Portugal's support for Georgia's route toward EU membership.

The meetings covered the Russian war in Ukraine and its geopolitical and socio-economic consequences, as well as developments in the South Caucasus region.

The Parliamentary Delegation accompanying the Speaker is composed of MPs Levan Ioseliani, David Songulashvili, Beka Odisharia, Levan Karumidze and Irma Zavradashvili, as well as the Chief of the Speaker’s Cabinet, Levan Makhashvili.