Georgian PM, PACE Co-rapporteurs review cooperation, reform agenda
The meeting also emphasised the “supporting role” of the CoE in the process of peaceful resolution of the conflicts on the territory of Georgia. Photo: Government Administration
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The cooperation between Georgia and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the agenda of democratic reforms carried out in the country were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee.
The meeting noted the “constructive work” of the Co-rapporteurs, the Government Administration said, with the officials also reviewing the security environment and challenges in the wider region and the world, as well as the current situation in the Russian-occupied territories of Georgia.
The meeting also emphasised the “supporting role” of the CoE in the process of peaceful resolution of the conflicts on the territory of Georgia.
Garibashvili also thanked the PACE for its “steadfast support” of Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The meeting was attended by Co-Rapporteurs for the PACE Monitoring Committee Claude Kern and Edite Estrela, also by Deputy Head of the PACE Monitoring Committee’s Secretariat Bas Klein and Head of the Council of Europe Office in Georgia Natalia Voutova, Georgia’s Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili, and Head of the Government Administration Revaz Javelidze.
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