EU Special Representative, Georgian officials discuss developments in Georgia, South Caucasus

Having arrived to Georgia on January 24 Toivo Klaar (left) aimed to have 'intense days of discussions'. Photo: Georgian foreign ministry/archive

Agenda.ge, 26 Jan 2021 - 20:28, Tbilisi,Georgia

EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar has discussed the situation in the country and the region with the Georgian president, prime minister and parliament members during his visit to Tbilisi.

During the meeting with President Salome Zurabishvili earlier today the parties spoke of the recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which says that Russia violated several articles of the European Convention on Human rights during the 2008 conflict in Georgia and carried out ethnic cleansing of Georgians.

They also focused on the human rights situation in the Russian-occupied Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: President.gov.ge

Klaar has also tweeted that he had a 'very good meeting' with PM Giorgi Gakharia yesterday 'on security developments in Georgia and the South Caucasus'.