Georgian PM meets top PACE, CoE figures in Strasbourg, pushes forward occupation issues
PACE President Liliane Maury stated that she will visit Georgia at the end of the month. Photo: Prime Minister’s press office.
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Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has met with PACE President Liliane Maury and Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland in Strasbourg, France earlier today with whom he discussed issues in the two Russian-occupied regions of Georgia Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
The issues will also be raised in Bakhtadze’s speech at PACE later today, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Georgia’s membership into PACE and PACE’s 70th anniversary.
The humanitarian situation in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali is severe and human rights are blatantly violated,” Bakhtadze told Maury.
With PM of #Georgia HE Mamuka #Bakhtadze, who is visiting the @coe to mark the 20th anniversary of Georgia's accession to our organisation. I praised the country for the progress achieved over 20y & for having come a long way in building a stronger and more prosperous democracy. pic.twitter.com/ntBT7YPAv9
— Liliane Maury Pasquier (@PACE_President) April 10, 2019
Maury praised Georgia’s democratic transformation and reforms over the past 20 years.
She said that PACE will continue active cooperation with Georgia and her visit to the county on April 29-30 will be proof of this commitment.
Bakhtadze thanked Jagland for his and PACE’s support for Georgian reforms and the reports made regarding the situation in the occupied territories of Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister thanked CoE for its reccomendations. Photo: Prime Minister's press office.
During my ten years in office we release reports regarding Abkhazia and Tskhinvali twice annually. Continuation of the release of the consolidated reports are very important,” Jagland said.
He said that Georgia is an example of how to cooperate and share recommendations.
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Liliane Maury Pasquier believes that Georgia has achieved exciting progress on its path to the EU.
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Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will pay a working visit to Georgia on April 29-30. She will meet with President Salome Zurabishvili, Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze, Parliamentary Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze and Minister of Foreign Affairs Davit Zalkaliani.
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Liliane Maury Pasquier has begun meetings with Georgian officials as part of her official visit to Georgia on April 29-30.
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Liliane Maury Pasquier said that “we will continue to search for ways” to resolve conflicts in occupied regions of Georgia South Ossetia and Abkhazia “and establish contact between peoples”.
Georgia, Ukraine and the Baltic States opposed the decision of the Committee of Ministers at Deputy Level in the Council of Europe (CoE) held during the CoE Helsinki ministerial this week, which spoke in favor of Russia regaining its voting right in the council of which it was deprived after the annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani, who took up the Chair of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, met with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Liliane Maury Pasquier earlier today.