Georgian parliament member elected at OSCE PA bureau
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Georgian parliamentary delegation is taking part in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) annual session in the Belarusian capital of Minsk.
Head of delegation Sofio Katsarava has been elected as the speaker of the economic and environment committees, which means that she will be actively engaged in the assembly’s activities from now on and contribute to promoting Georgian reforms on the international level.
Econ/enviro committee wraps up work at #OSCEPAMinsk2017. Congrats to newly elected leaders Artur Gerasymov, Nilza Sena and Sofio Katsarava! pic.twitter.com/KNQh74PH19
— OSCE PA (@oscepa) July 7, 2017
Belarus is hosting 26th annual session from July 5-9 on ‘Boosting Cooperation and Confidence in OSCE Region for Peace and Welfare’.
Within the annual session, Georgian Parliamentary Delegation to OSCE PA, held bilateral meetings in Minsk.
OSCE PA annual session is important because security and economic partnership, human rights protection and building trust among the countries is actively discussed. Our goal is to remind everyone what is happening in Georgia”, Georgian delegation member Gigi Tsereteli said.
300 participants from Northern American, European and Asian countries discuss political, economic, social and human rights issues at the OSCE PA annual summit. The summit will be concluded by adoption of the respective resolutions and Minsk Declaration with the recommendations for the Governments, Parliaments and international society.
Last year OSCE PA annual session was hosted by the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
Chairperson of the Georgian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) Sofio Katsarava met with OSCE PA President Christine Muttonen in Vienna, Austria today.
The OSCE PA approved an important document prepared by Georgia about the conflicts in the country, stating Russia continued to violate international laws and violate the rights of Georgian citizens living in and near the occupied regions.
Officials discuss international challenges in Tbilisi
Today is the second day of the annual Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE PA), which is taking place in Tbilisi from July 1-5.
“Visa-free travel will signify EU’s strong support of Georgia”
Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili says granting visa-free travel to the Schengen Zone for Georgia will be a signal of the European Union’s (EU) "strong support for Georgia” and "a huge stimulus” for the country to continue on its Euro-Atlantic path and strive to achieve more success in the future.
Member of the European Georgia opposition party, Gigi Tsereteli, has become the new president of the OSCE PA.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Co-Operation and Security in Europe (OSCE PA) has passed a resolution titled "10 years after the August War”, initiated by Georgian lawmaker Sophio Katsarava with an overwhelming majority "despite Russia’s resistance at all stages,” the parliament of Georgia reports.
Georgian opposition lawmaker Gigi Tsereteli has been elected head of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE PA) today with a term of one year by secret ballot.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has discussed conflict and security issues with Secretary General of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Thomas Greminger, who has visited Georgia for the first time.
“Installation of artificial barriers and barbed wire fences further aggravated the humanitarian conditions of conflict affected population. We are deeply concerned over the systematic violation of the fundamental human rights including the ethnic discrimination against the Georgians in both occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions, "Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said.
With 50 votes in favour and five against, the OSCE PA’s Committee on Political Affairs and Security adopted the resolution initiated by the Georgian lawmaker Sophio Katsarava, despite Russia’s demand to exclude the resolution from the agenda.