Georgian gov’t administration head briefs int’l conference over country’s “effective fight” against corruption

Revaz Javelidze, the head of the Georgian government administration, on Tuesday briefed an international, high-level anti-corruption conference in the Hague over the “effective steps” being taken by his country’s authorities in combating corruption. 

Addressing the event that served to increase the effectiveness of joint efforts against all forms of corruption, the Georgian official stressed his country’s progress had been “confirmed” by relevant international rankings, evaluations and indexes. 

Pointing to the moves to further strengthen the mechanisms to prevent and combat corruption, the official said lawmakers of the ruling Georgian Dream party had proposed the creation of an anti-corruption bureau, an independent agency. 

He said the creation of the body would further strengthen the existing mechanisms of combating corruption and make them in line with “top” European standards. 

In his meetings with Bulgarian foreign minister, Croatian state secretary and deputy foreign ministers of Romania and North Macedonia, held on the sidelines of the conference, the official also spoke about Georgia’s European aspirations.  

Javelidze told the foreign politicians the Georgian government was doing its “utmost” to meet the 12-point conditions set by the European Union to grant the country its membership candidate status. 

Noting the country’s European choice was “irreversible”, the head of the government administration thanked the country’s partners for their support for Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic agenda. 

The two-day, round-table conference hosted by FMs of the Netherlands, Canada and Ecuador will end later on Tuesday.