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State Audit Office to inspect security service for first time

The Georgian State Security Service became an independent agency in 2015. Photo: reginfo.

Agenda.ge, 18 Feb 2020 - 17:25, Tbilisi,Georgia

The State Audit Office will carry out a financial inspection of Georgia’s State Security Service for the first time this year.

The audit agency will also inspect the budgets of 10 other state bodies and agencies:

The Ministry of Defence
The Ministry of Internal Affairs
The Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure
The Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons, Labour, Health and Social Protection
The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture
Tbilisi municipality
Adjara and Abkhazia Autonomous Republics

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