Georgian Interior Minister marks ‘Old New Year’ at occupation line
Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia thanked ministry employees who have to work at the occupation lines. Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
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Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia marked Orthodox New Year, which is also called ‘Old New Year’ in Georgia, at the occupation line, and wished ministry employees of the Special Tasks Department a happy year and gave them presents as well.
Employees of the Special Tasks Department of the Interior Ministry protect the safety of the population near the occupation line and control the roads which lead to the occupied regions. Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
Gakharia first came to the Ganmukhuri village, near the Georgian occupied region of Abkhazia, and then visited posts in the villages of Rukhi, Kurcha and Pakhulani.
Gakharia also visited the Zugdidi police department.
Giorgi Gakharia and Christopher Wray have also agreed that Georgian law enforcers will be involved in operations against international and transborder organised crime.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has initiated changes to provide tougher punishments for concealing, not reporting a crime.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has announced it has launched a human rights department in a new move aimed at improving the qualification of law enforcement professionals in dealing with various new challenges in crime.
The criminal police should be more effective and should react more rapidly to the challenges that our society faces nowadays, says Georgia’s Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Gakharia.