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Shalva Papuashvili: “The best way to address the European Union’s currently weakened geopolitical and economic positions is to step up the…”

On the recordJuly 9, 2026
The best way to address the European Union’s currently weakened geopolitical and economic positions is to step up the game and enlarge to strategically critical geopolitical areas — the Balkans and the Black Sea.
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Shalva Papuashvili
Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia
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civil.ge

Editor's note · Context

Concluding his speech at the conference.

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