Georgian Deputy Interior Minister, ODIHR Director discuss cooperation, reforms
The Deputy Minister noted relations with OSCE institutions were “important” and a “priority” for Georgia, and expressed readiness to deepen the cooperation. Photo: MIA of Georgia
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Reforms and measures aimed at implementing anti-discrimination policy and an efficient work against gender-based crimes were discussed on Friday in a meeting between Alexander Darakhvelidze, the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, and Matteo Mecacci, the Director of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Darakhvelidze and Mecacci discussed legislative amendments related to the separation of investigative and prosecutorial activities, the Georgian Ministry said, with the meeting also focusing on cooperation topics between the Ministry and the ODIHR.
The Deputy Minister noted relations with OSCE institutions were “important” and a “priority” for Georgia, and expressed readiness to deepen the cooperation.
Zbigniew Rau, the Chairman-in-Office of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe and Poland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, has extended his gratitude to Georgian authorities and citizens for their support for Ukraine, noting the OSCE commended the country’s “unconditional” support for the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.
Helga Maria Schmid, the Secretary General of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, on Thursday congratulated Georgia, Croatia and Slovenia on the 30th anniversary of their accession to the organisation.
The Group of Friends of Georgia at the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe on Friday made a joint statement on not recognising the legitimacy of the so-called “parliamentary elections” held in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region on March 12.
A range of cooperation topics between the Government of Georgia and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights was discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the ODIHR Director Matteo Mecacci.