Georgian president briefs S. Korean parliament speaker on situation in occupied regions
Moon Hee-sang and Salome Zurabishvili held a meeting at the presidential palace yesterday. Photo: Salome Zurabishvili/Twitter
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Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili briefed the Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea Moon Hee-sang on the situation in the Russian-occupied regions of Georgia.
Zurabishvili and Hee-sang met at the presidential palace yesterday.
Met today with Moon Hee-sang, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of #Korea. Briefed him on the situation in our occupied territories and we shared great ideas on expanding cultural, economic and touristic ties between #Tbilisi and #Seoul. ???????? ???????? pic.twitter.com/8UQhptdd0g
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) October 18, 2019
President Zurabishvili informed Hee-sang of the grave human rights violations in occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), which includes restriction to freedom of movement as well as the right to receive an education in one's native language.
Moon Hee-sang, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, visited the Orbeliani Palace today and invited President @Zourabichvili_S to Seoul! ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/4ipMZzLUFf
— Orbeliani Presidential Palace (@GeorgiaPres) October 18, 2019
Zurabishvili spoke of the importance of raising the Geneva International Discussions to a higher level. She also underscored the necessity of solving the conflict in a peaceful way.
Salome Zurabishvili's press office released a video of the meeting:
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