EU and Georgia start negotiations on a Common Aviation Area Agreement

Published: 8 October 2009 y., Thursday

Virš Gruzijos vėliavos laikydama baltą balandį, moteris demonstruoja taikos troškimą
Delegations from Georgia and the European Union meet on 6/7 October 2009 in Tbilisi / Georgia for the first round of negotiations on a comprehensive aviation agreement between both sides.

The European Commission received a mandate to negotiate a “Common Aviation Area” Agreement with Georgia in June 2009, following its proposal to open negotiations at the beginning of that year.

The agreement aims at mutually opening the respective markets and at integrating Georgia into European aviation structures. Georgia will harmonise its legislation with European standards and implement a large part of the EU's aviation rules. The agreement will be a further step in creating a wider Common Aviation Area between the EU and its neighbours.

Similar agreements have been concluded already between the EU and the Western Balkan countries and between the EU and Morocco. Currently, the EU is negotiating such agreements also with Ukraine, Jordan and Israel.

The new comprehensive aviation agreement would be an important step towards strengthening aviation relations between the two partners. Passenger and cargo traffic between the EU and Georgia have significantly increased since 2004 with a growth of around 14 percentage points per year.

 

Šaltinis: europa.eu
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.

Facebook Comments

New comment


Captcha

Associated articles

The most popular articles

Climate Change Conference: Island nations protest

Don’t lose faith in a legally binding climate agreement being reached in Copenhagen. That was the core issue on Wednesday as a large group of island nations called for harder work to get such an agreement into place by appointing a special group. more »

Eastern Partnership implementation well on track - 1 st Eastern Partnership Foreign Ministers meeting

The first Meeting of Foreign Ministers in the framework of the Eastern Partnership on 8 December 2009 in Brussels will gather foreign ministers of 27 Member States, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, as well as EU institutions. more »

“Help save the world!”

The UN Climate Change Conference opened on 7 December with a film about climate change from the perspective of a child. The call from coming generations was clear: “Please, help save the world”. more »

Moldovan Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Eastern Partnership

On Tuesday, the EU’s foreign ministers and the foreign ministers from the six countries involved in the Eastern Partnership are to meet. It is the first meeting of foreign ministers for the Partnership since its launch in May. more »

UN Climate chief Pachauri optimistic about Copenhagen

The Chair of the UN panel on climate change has told us that he is optimistic that a change in public opinion will lead to a breakthrough at the Copenhagen climate summit. more »

Conference on the Western Balkans to focus on regional integration and overcoming of the economic crisis

On 9 December, the European Commission's DG Enlargement and the Swedish Presidency of the EU are organizing a Conference on “The Western Balkans: Overcoming the economic crisis, from regional cooperation to EU membership”. more »

Turkey is part of the solution, not of the problem, says its EU minister

Turkey's progress this year on the path to EU accession was debated by its EU affairs minister and chief negotiator Egemen Bağış and Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs on 2 December. more »

EU-Ukraine Summit on 4 th December in Kyiv

The 13 th EU-Ukraine Summit will take place in Kyiv on 4 th December. The Summit will be hosted by President Viktor Yushchenko. more »

Conference of Presidents in Madrid for talks with future Spanish Presidency

Ahead of the Spanish presidency of the Council, which begins in January, EP President Jerzy Buzek and leaders of the political groups in the European Parliament will be in Madrid on Thursday and Friday for meetings with Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, other ministers and members of the Spanish Parliament. The delegation will also be received by King Juan Carlos. more »

Obama OKs 30,000 troops - official

U.S. President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan will include sending an additional 30,000 U.S. troops by the summer of 2010. more »