Justice minister, Eurojust president discuss Georgia's European perspective

Georgian justice minister Rati Bregadze and Ladislav Hamran, the president of the European Union agency for criminal justice cooperation, on Tuesday, discussed Georgia’s “prioritised” cooperation with the Eurojust and the EU countries.

Bregadze highlighted the “excellent cooperation” between Georgia and EU member states in the field of extradition and criminal law, and the officials emphasised that the “strong sectoral” cooperation has been helpful to Georgia in the European integration process.

The justice minister “expressed hope” that the aforementioned process would “end positively” in the “near future”, with Georgia receiving the EU membership candidate status, after the country had been granted the European perspective by the European Council in June.

The sides also discussed the possibility of training and work exchange programmes between the agencies.

The Eurojust's main activity is the coordination of the cooperation of EU member states in criminal cases, including non-EU partner states in the process of European integration. The agreement between Georgia and the Eurojust was signed in 2019.