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OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid to visit Georgia tomorrow

OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid will be visiting Georgia on June 14-16. Photo: OSCE/Micky Kroell

Agenda.ge, 13 Jun 2021 - 17:02, Tbilisi,Georgia

OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid will visit Georgia tomorrow.

During her visit she will hold meetings with Georgian authorities, including President Salome Zurabishvili, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Parliament Speaker Kakha Kuchava.

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She will also visit the village of Ergneti adjacent to the Russian-occupied Georgian region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) and participate in the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting.

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