Tea Akhvlediani appointed Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality
Tea Akhvlediani previously served as deputy health minister. Photo: government of Georgia press office.
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Tea Akhvlediani, former deputy health minister, has been appointed Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, replacing Ketevan Tsikhelashvili in the position.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has praised Akhveliani as an ‘experienced diplomat’ who is capable of playing a positive role in the peaceful resolution of conflicts.
Akhvlediani said that she will ‘spare no efforts to find result-oriented, optimal ways’ for Georgia to restore trust with the Abkhaz and Ossetian people.
I believe that there are ways to overcome current challenges which respond to the common interests of Abkhaz, Ossetian and Georgian people. I believe that we will find ways,” Akhvlediani said.
She stated that the central Georgian government is open to dialogue, with the involvement of the country's foreign partners and through close cooperation with civil society, to find ways to remove illegal barriers and facilitate the free movement of people.
The two Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali are currently occupied by Russia.
Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, who previously served as the Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality of Georgia, has been appointed as the country’s new ambassador to Austria. She served as the Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality since August 2016, and the first deputy minister of the same body before that.
The famous newspapers and magazines of Estonia, China and Canada have published stories about Georgia within the 100th anniversary from the creation of the first Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1918, which Georgia celebrates on May 26.
Estonia’s capital city Tallinn is hosting an exhibition about the ancient Georgian alphabet, which is named among the top five most beautiful alphabets in the world.
Georgia’s tight cultural relations with Estonia are set to move closer together following a high-ranking meeting between the culture ministers of the two states.
Georgia's new Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality Tea Akhvlediani and the Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission Marek Szczygiel spoke of human rights violations in the two Russia-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) yesterday.
Speaking of the ‘grave’ humanitarian situation in the occupied region, the Georgian State Ministry for Reconciliation and Civic Equality said that the death of Inal Dzhabiev on August 28, like other fatal accidents in recent years, lays on the de facto Tskhinvali leadership.
The security, humanitarian and human rights situation in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) on the backdrop of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine were in focus of a meeting between Tea Akhvlediani, Georgia’s State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality and a group of United States officials Anne Witkowsky, the Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stablisation Operations, and Leslie Ziman, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration in the Department of State on Friday.
Thea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, on Thursday highlighted the “success” of her Government's efforts for peaceful reintegration of the country’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions in comments for representatives of the European Union.
Thea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, and representatives of international organisations implementing humanitarian and confidence-building projects in the country’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia, on Monday discussed the efforts in the north-western region of the country.