Cherie Blair hosts trainings in Georgia on legal issues
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Cherie Blair – the wife of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair – is in Georgia to hold special trainings on legal issues for Georgia’s state servants and private sectors representatives.
Mrs Blair was invited to Georgia by Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani to hold two day’s training on the prevention of international litigations, management and bilateral investment agreements at Educational Centre of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia.
The trainings started today.
Tsulukiani met Mrs Blair while she was in Great Britain in February 2015.
Mrs Blair, who chaired famous British legal company Omnia Strategy, came to Georgia’s capital Tbilisi with company representatives to deliver trainings based on an exclusive program elaborated for Georgia’s state agencies, making special accents on attracting foreign investments.
Omnia Strategy is pioneering international law firm that provides strategic counsel to governments, corporates & private clients, the company webpage said.
Representatives from Georgia’s Ministry of Economy, Gas and Oil Corporation, Supreme Court of Georgia, Business Ombudsman’s office, TBC Bank, Bank of Georgia and other interested state and private sectors were participating in the sessions.
The past three years have been extremely busy for Georgia’s Ministry of Justice; the country signed an Association Agreement (AA) with the European Union (EU), began implementing visa liberalisation requirements and introduced various reforms to make the agency more transparent.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili hosted the former Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi late yesterday.
Georgia’s Ministry of Justice has announced a reform of commercial and tax disputes to improve and modernize the country’s investment climate.
Georgian Minister of Justice Tea Tsulukiani and the Attorney General of the United States William Barr have signed a deal to further strengthen bilateral cooperation.Tsulukiani thanked the US Justice Department for their support against family violence, human trafficking and corruption in Georgia and for the changes carried out in the Georgian Juvenile Justice Code and in the penitentiary system.