DIRECTOR OF EU STUDIES CENTER: EXAMPLE OF THE WESTERN BALKANS SHOWS THAT IN RESPECT OF INTEGRATION INTO THE EU, OWN EFFORTS OF THE COUNTRIES ARE CRUCIAL

Kakha Gogolashvili, director of EU Studies Center at Rondeli Foundation, indicates that experience of the Western Balkans shows that in respect of integration into the EU, own efforts of the countries and their close cooperation are of crucial importance.

In his report, named “The Western Balkan Countries’ Integration into the EU and Georgia’s Perspective”, Gogolashvili points that “Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine will undoubtedly draw closer and create and deepen forms of regional cooperation on the Western Balkan model”.