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Experts discuss Georgia-Council of Europe 2016-2019 Action Plan

Caption: Georgia’s Prime Minister (R ) met CoE Deputy Secretary General and Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister this afternoon. Photo by the Prime Minister’s webpage.

Agenda.ge, 09 May 2016 - 14:42, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili is hosting Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni and Bulgaria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Daniel Mitov in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.

The trio sat down a short time ago at the Administration of the Government of Georgia and discussed several issues, mainly the Georgia-CoE 2016-2019 Action Plan and Georgia-Bulgaria relations.

1/2 Action Plan 4 #Georgia 2016-2019 : Protecting & promoting human rights & dignity, ensuring social rights pic.twitter.com/6kXu9cLBwI
— MFA of Georgia (@MFAgovge) May 9, 2016

The four-year Action Plan outlined more reforms for Georgia in the human rights and justice sector that would lead to the country implementing high-level European standards in state and public institutions.

The trio also discussed Georgia’s democratic reforms, regional security issues and the current situation in Georgia’s two occupied regions Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).

Mitov reiterated Bulgaria supported Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and said his country backed Georgia’s quick Euro-Atlantic integration.

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