Georgian parliamentary delegation leaves for Strasbourg
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Georgia’s permanent parliamentary delegation will join the summer plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in the French city of Strasbourg on June 26-30.
Per the official webpage of PACE, Europe and migration will be one of the central themes of the of summer plenary session.
Other highlights of the session include debates on recognising and enforcing the principle of accountability in the Parliamentary Assembly, promoting integrity in governance to tackle political corruption and parliamentary scrutiny over corruption”, the webpage says.
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland, Mayor of Athens Giorgos Kaminis, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks, and the Swedish Minister for Justice and Migration Morgan Johansson will be among the key speakers.
Headed by the Vice Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Tamar Chugoshvili, the delegation will hold high-level meetings with the European colleagues.
Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi will host the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Monitoring Committee session next year.
A member of the Parliament of Georgia has been elected as a vice president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Georgian majority MP Tedo Japaridze was elected as one of 20 vice presidents elected at the opening of the PACE Winter plenary session today in Strasbourg, France.
Georgia is gearing up to host a two-day official visit of the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).