Experts discuss Georgia-Council of Europe 2016-2019 Action Plan
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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.
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Thorborn Jagland has told Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili that the issue of Georgia’s occupied regions was on the agenda of the international organisation.
Georgia’s top official is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its independence with the country’s European allies in France.
The Council of Europe (CoE) has called on Russia to facilitate and grant unrestricted access to the CoE bodies to the areas affected by the conflict in Georgia, in a document adopted yesterday.
The Council of Europe (CoE) has called on Russia to submit documentation of how the country would prevent violations like the 2006 mass deportation of Georgians, in the future.
European officials have come face-to-face with the harsh reality facing dozens of locals when they visited a village along the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) between Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) and the rest of Georgia.
The Committee of Ministers Deputies of the Council of Europe (CoE) yesterday discussed the 14th Consolidated Report on the Conflict in Georgia, paying particular attention to current difficult human rights situation in two occupied regions of Georgia- Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Norway will contribute more than €1 million to enhance the judiciary, human rights and administration of elections in Georgia. The money will be spent on implementing the Council of Europe 2016-2019 Action Plan for Georgia.