After visiting Ukraine, Georgian parliament speaker Davit Usupashvili headed to Montenegro to discuss bilateral cooperation and issues related to NATO and EU integration.

“To some extent we are in a parallel mode in terms of NATO integration. Pace of NATO integration [of Georgia and Montenegro] might be different, but continuation of NATO enlargement is important for us,” Usupashvili told journalists before the start of the visit.

“Therefore Montenegro’s progress in terms of NATO integration is important for us too in order not to give boost to kind of sentiments which we sometimes hear that NATO enlargement might not be the best step in the existing situation. We believe that’s the right step,” he said. “Montenegro is European state and we need cooperation with this country.”

During the visit on April 22-24, the Georgian parliament speaker will meet his Montenegrin counterpart Ranko Krivokapic; PM Milo Djukanovic and Interior Minister Rasko Konjevic.

Usupashvili is accompanied by chairman of parliamentary committee for foreign affairs GD MP Tedo Japaridze and GD MP Pridon Sakvarelidze.