Georgian FM meets OSCE Secretary General in Vienna
Geirgian FM David Zalkaliani met OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger spoke of the grave human rights and security situation in the occupied regions of Georgia. Photo: David Zalkaliani/Facebook
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Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani, who is visiting Vienna as the Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE), met with OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger today.
Meeting with the #OSCE Secretary General @gremingerosce discussed the issues related to the cooperation btw CoE & OSCE, also grave human rights & security situation and recent developments in the occupied regions of Georgia pic.twitter.com/sVeCousntQ
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) January 30, 2020
Greminger said after the meeting that there is a close partnership between the OSCE and the CoE in a number of defined areas.
Close coordination and cooperation between the two organisations is essential and in that sense a regular briefing of the OSCE Permanent Council by the presidency of the CoE and vice versa is very important to consolidate and further strengthen this relationship”, Greminger stated.
Earlier FM Zalkaliani spoke of Georgia's key priorities during its CoE presidency at the OSCE Permanent Council as well.
Pleasure to address #OSCE permanent council in my capacity as t/chair of t/committee of the ministers of @coe The cooperation of OSCE&CoE based on common values of democracy, human rights, rule of low. Human dimension is solid link between t/activities of two organizations pic.twitter.com/yehSeXSGsw
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) January 30, 2020
Having become a member of the Council of Europe in April 1999, Georgia officially assumed the six-month presidency last November.