PM Kvirikashvili discusses govt’s peace initiative with EU special representative
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Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili met with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar yesterday evening.
The major topic of discussion at the meeting was the Georgian government’s peace initiative A Step to a Better Future.
This initiative seeks to improve the socio-economic conditions of the populations in the occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali aiming to step up the reconciliation process.
Special emphasis was placed on the role of the Geneva International Talks in the process of peaceful conflict regulation and on the importance of further intensifying the format of negotiations.
The parties also discussed cooperation in the search for missing persons and emphasized the positive engagement of the International Committee of the Red Cross in this process.
The committee of Ministers' Deputies has assessed the initiative "as a vivid sign of Georgia’s firm commitment to promote confidence and interaction between the societies split by the dividing lines.”
The US Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Aaron Wess Mitchell visited the village Odzisi today, at the occupation line between Georgia and its occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), which is the principal decision making body of the organization, has hosted discussions on the occupation of Georgian territories yesterday.
Slovenia has joined the number of countries that have praised the Government of Georgia for its legislative changes aimed at improving the humanitarian, social and economic conditions of the populations in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Researcher of the US Heritage Foundation Luke Coffey says that the US government can take steps to help the Georgian government carry out its peace initiative ‘A Step Towards a Better Future’, which aims to improve the humanitarian, social and economic conditions of the populations in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
The central Georgian government has simplified the procedure to receive a Georgian passport for individuals residing in the Georgian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).