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Top Georgian diplomat David Zalkaliani presented on August 9 a 10-year action plan of the Foreign Ministry, determining where the country is heading to in the coming decade.
The plan titled “Foreign Policy Focused on Western Values and the Country’s Interests: 10-year Vision, 10 Goal ” lays out 10 key goals covering de-occupation, the EU and NATO membership aspirations, bilateral partnerships, regional cooperation, relations with Russia, and other foreign policy issues.
“The paramount goal before us is to restore Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and to achieve membership of the EU and the North Atlantic Alliance – the historic choice of the Georgian people enshrined in the Constitution of Georgia,” said Minister Zalkaliani at the presentation.
In his address that comes amid the 13th anniversary of the August War, the Georgian FM also discussed the Russian aggression on Georgia in 2008, as well as ongoing challenges posed by the Russian occupation of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia regions.