Brazilian Justice Minister arrives in Georgia to enhance bilateral ties

The Brazilian Justice Minister Torquato Jardim arrived in Georgia today to further enhance bilateral ties between his country and Georgia and to reaffirm support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

During his meeting with Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani the officials spoke about foreign policy topics and Georgia’s priorities as a chair country of the Open Government Partnership (OGP).

Georgia welcomes Brazil’s participation in the OGP gathering in Tbilisi in July,” the Georgian Foreign Ministry reported.

Held a fruitful meeting with Justice Minister Torquato Jardim #Brazil & discussed our close bilateral relations, upcoming #OGP Summit, perspectives of further deepening cooperation pic.twitter.com/shJgITtE7W

— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) June 22, 2018

Jardim paid particular attention to the importance of providing joint efforts in the fight against organised crime and cyber security issues, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said.

Jardim has also met with the head of Georgia’s State Security Service Vakhtang Gomelauri to speak about the further enhancement of cooperation in the security field.

Gomelauri and Jardim outlined other plans of future cooperation as well, Georgia’s State Security Service announced.