PACE President: ‘We will continue to search for ways to resolve conflicts in South Ossetia, Abkhazia’
On April 30, the PACE President will address the Georgian Parliament during a parliamentary session dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Georgia's accession to the Council of Europe. Photo: IPN.
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President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Liliane Maury Pasquier said that “we will continue to search for ways” to resolve conflicts in occupied regions of Georgia South Ossetia and Abkhazia “and establish contact between peoples”.
Pasquier also talked about relations between Georgia and the Council of Europe and said that her visit to Georgia will contribute to further strengthening of “our cooperation”.
I believe my visit is a good opportunity to highlight the importance of cooperation between the Assembly of the Council of Europe and Georgia. I think this visit will contribute to further strengthening of our cooperation. It is the 20th anniversary of Georgia’s accession to the Council of Europe and Georgia has shown strong spirit during the period of the Council of Europe and implemented democratic reforms in various institutions", said Pasquier at the press briefing held after her meeting with Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze.
Meanwhile, Kobakhidze stated that the role of the Council of Europe is invaluable in development of democracy in Georgia.
Pasquier will later meet President Salome Zurabishvili and Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze, Minister of Foreign Affairs Davit Zalkaliani and the Georgian delegation to PACE.
On April 30, the PACE President will address the Georgian Parliament during a parliamentary session dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Georgia's accession to the Council of Europe.
Today’s session in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe opened with the Georgian polyphonic folk song Chakrulo, as Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze addressed the assembly on the 20th anniversary of Georgia’s membership in the body.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has met with PACE President Liliane Maury and Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland in Strasbourg, France earlier today with whom he discussed issues in the two Russian-occupied regions of Georgia Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Liliane Maury Pasquier has begun meetings with Georgian officials as part of her official visit to Georgia on April 29-30.
Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will pay a working visit to Georgia on April 29-30. She will meet with President Salome Zurabishvili, Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze, Parliamentary Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze and Minister of Foreign Affairs Davit Zalkaliani.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze, President Salome Zurabishvili, Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze and President of PACE Liliane Maury have made speeches in the Georgian parliament earlier today, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Georgia’s membership in the Council of Europe (CoE).
Members of the Georgian delegation and six other countries left a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) yesterday in protest as Russia regained its voting right after having lost it in 2014 following its annexation of the Crimea.