Reconciliation Minister, MEPs discuss “difficult” humanitarian and legal situation in Russian-occupied regions of Georgia
Akhvlediani thanked the MEPs for their “unwavering” support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders, as well as the country’s peaceful policy for reconciliation and its European integration, the Office of the State Minister said. Photo: smr.gov.ge
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The “difficult” humanitarian and legal situation in the Russian-occupied regions of Georgia was discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between Tea Akhvlediani, Georgia’s State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, and a visiting delegation of Members of the European Parliament.
Akhvlediani thanked the MEPs for their “unwavering” support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders, as well as the country’s peaceful policy for reconciliation and its European integration, the Office of the State Minister said.
She also underlined the “important” role of the European Union in the process of the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Georgia.
The meeting focused on the humanitarian and legal situation in the Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions, and on the importance of further intensifying the efforts of international partners in protecting the fundamental rights of the local population.
The difficult situation created by Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, the ongoing hostilities in the country, and its impacts on global and regional security were also reviewed, along with questions of related challenges facing Georgia.
Restoring Georgia’s territorial integrity by force is not planned by the Government and is “not in our interests”, Gia Volski, the ruling party MP and Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, said on Friday.
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, Lasha Darsalia, the Deputy Foreign Minister, and Ruslan Abashidze, the Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia on Thursday.
Tea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, discussed the humanitarian situation in Georgia’s Russian-occupied breakaway regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) with Nick Beresford, the UNDP Resident Representative in Georgia, on Thursday.
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.
The ongoing strategic review of the Government’s reconciliation and engagement policies was discussed by Tea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, with women and young people living in the villages of western Georgia's Zugdidi municipality, near the line separating the Russian-occupied Abkhazia region from the Georgian-controlled territory, the Ministry announced on Friday.
The difficult humanitarian and legal situation in the Russian-occupied regions of Georgia was discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between Tea Akhvlediani, Georgia’s State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality and Kari Henriksen, the Special Representative of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on the South Caucasus.
Illegal detentions of Georgian citizens in Russian-occupied regions of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) and Abkhazia, and mechanisms for a further implementation of human-centred policies were in focus of an address by Tea Akhvlediani, the Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, to the Parliament on Friday.