German Interior Minister arrives in Georgia on official visit
The Ministry said Faeser was scheduled to hold a meeting with her Georgian counterpart Vakhtang Gomelauri on Tuesday. Photo: Interior Ministry
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Nancy Faeser, the Federal Minister of the Interior and Community of Germany, on Monday arrived in Georgia with first official visit to the country.
The Georgian Interior Ministry said the Deputy Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze and the country’s Ambassador to Germany Levan Izoria welcomed the visiting official at Tbilisi International Airport in the country’s capital.
The Ministry said Faeser was scheduled to hold a meeting with her Georgian counterpart Vakhtang Gomelauri on Tuesday.
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The officials are also expected to sign an agreement on Migration and Mobility, aiming to strengthen the cooperation between the two countries in labour migration and education.
Educational and internship programs will be implemented “more intensively” for Georgian students and researchers as a result of the agreement, the Ministry added.
It also said the German Parliament had adopted a legislative act recognising Georgia as a safe country of origin on December 15, confirming the country was a “legal and democratic” state, where “proper” protection of human rights was ensured.
The Ministry added the deal included strengthening of efforts against illegal migration, which implied cooperation to ensure readmission and reintegration of Georgian nationals who violate the rules of visa-free travel between the countries.
The readmission programme has been “successfully implemented” since March 1, 2011 following the agreement signed between Georgia and the European Union in 2010, it added.
The German Bundesrat on Friday recognised Georgia and Moldova as safe countries of origin, leading to a rapid procession of asylum seeker applications from the countries and effective reduction of illegal migration.
Peter Fischer, the German Ambassador to Georgia, on Friday said his Government had classified Georgia as a country of safe origin, leading to Georgian citizens seeking asylum in Germany having to prove they are being persecuted or having their individual and human rights violated in their home country.
Peter Fischer, the German Ambassador to Georgia, on Wednesday inspected projects being implemented in western Georgia through development cooperation between the two countries.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday highlighted the “reliable and mutually beneficial, centuries-old friendship” with Germany in his address at the reception held on the occasion of the German Unity Day.
The federal government of Germany has approved a bill initiated by the German Interior Ministry, which supports putting Georgia on the safe country list.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Tuesday highlighted the importance of Georgia being recognised as a safe country in its pursuit of European Union membership, after the German Bundesrat’s decision to assign the status to Georgia.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Thursday clarified key aspects of the migration and mobility deal signed with Germany this week, saying the agreement would “align with the best interests” of the country’s nationals.