CoE Secretary General to visit Georgia
Marija Pejčinović Burić will discuss the issues related to Georgia’s upcoming six-month chairmanship of the CoE Committee of Ministers with Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani. Photo: coe.int
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The Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Marija Pejčinović Burić will visit Georgia on November 10-11.
The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported today that her visit is connected to Georgia’s upcoming six-month chairmanship of the CoE Committee of Ministers from November.
Burić will meet with Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani and discuss the issues related to Georgia’s chairmanship. They will also speak of bilateral cooperation between Georgia and the Council of Europe.
The brand new 5 GEL silver collectors coins, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the CoE and the 20th anniversary of Georgia’s CoE membership, will be officially presented.
The parties will also introduce their 2020-2023 action plan of cooperation, aimed at bringing the country "even more closer" to European standards of human rights protection, democracy and the rule of law.
During her visit, Burić will meet with President Salome Zurabishvili, Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia and Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze.
Georgia will take over the chairmanship of Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers for a six-month term from November 2019 to May 2020. The chairmanship will be passed from France to Georgia at a meeting in mid-November 2019 at the CoE’s Strasbourg headquarters, attended by representatives of its 47 member states.
The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) has issued 5 GEL silver collectors coins, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Council Of Europe (CoE) and the 20th anniversary of Georgia’s CoE membership. Georgia will take over the chairmanship of CoE Committee of Ministers for a six-month term from November 2019 to May 2020.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has pushed forward the issue of the two Russian-occupied regions of Georgia Abkhazia and Tskhinvali and the current situation at the occupation line at his meetings with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejcinovic Buric and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger.
The Council of Europe (CoE) has issued its new consolidated report on the conflict in Georgia. The report focuses on human rights and security situation in the Russian occupied regions of Georgia – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) between October 2018 and March 2019.
Georgia will take over the chairmanship of Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers for a six-month term starting November 27. The Secretary General of the CoE Marija Pejčinović Burić has arrived in Georgia today in connection with Georgia’s upcoming chairmanship.
Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Marija Pejcinovic Buric, who has come to Georgia to make things ready for Georgia’s chairmanship of the CoE Committee of Ministers starting November 27, has stated that she is sure Georgia will cope with the “big responsibility very successfully.” Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has stated after his meeting with Buric that the 6-month chairmanship is both a “huge responsibility and an opportunity for Georgia.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani is in Germany now, meeting with top German officials, before leaving for France tomorrow where Georgia will take over the chairmanship of the Committee of Minister of the Council of Europe (CoE) between November 27, 2019 and May 15, 2020.
The projects “successfully implemented” within the framework of the Council of Europe’s 2020-2023 Action Plan for Georgia were discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Marija Pejčinović Burić, the CoE Secretary General.