Ruling party head, Georgian Parliamentary delegation to participate in PACE Spring session
Within the scope of the Spring session, Kobakhidze will meet Co-Rapporteurs for the PACE Monitoring Committee Claude Kern and Edite Estrela. Photo via Georgian Dream press office
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Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, together with the Georgian Parliamentary delegation, will participate in the Spring plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, taking place in Strasbourg between April 24-28.
The session will be addressed by Dunja Mijatović, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, and will include debates over the upcoming CoE’s summit in Reykjavik to assess Russia's war in Ukraine and its impact on Europe. The implementation of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights will also be discussed at the plenary session.
Within the scope of the Spring session, Kobakhidze will meet Co-Rapporteurs for the PACE Monitoring Committee Claude Kern and Edite Estrela, the Parliament press office said.
The Georgian delegation, which includes Archil Talakvadze, the Vice Speaker in the Georgian Parliament, members of the parliamentary majority and one member of the People's Power movement, will also have working meetings with partners in various committees.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili will deliver an address at the annual Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments in Prague, the Parliament press office said on Sunday.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will discuss the country’s European integration in a meeting with the “high-ranking” European Union representatives and foreign ministers of the member states on Monday.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday said the question of the opposition United National Movement party forming a Parliamentary investigative commission into the domestic judiciary following the United States Government’s sanctioning of Georgian judges could not be discussed “in any case”.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said the United National Movement opposition party’s participation in, or absence from, Parliamentary work made “no essential difference”.
Givi Mikanadze, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday said the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe was “always an important platform” for the Georgian Parliamentary delegation to voice positions “most important for the country”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday departed for Brussels for meetings with NATO and European Union officials, with a Government delegation accompanying the PM.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday highlighted the support received by the country from international partners in its European integration process, and added his Government would continue efforts in the direction, in comments following his participation in the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg.
Givi Mikanadze, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, was on Tuesday elected the Chair of the Sub-Committee on the Implementation of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Georgian Vice Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze on Tuesday called on the European Union to make a “bold political decision” on granting Georgia its membership candidate status by the end of this year, saying the outcome could prevent security threats to the country and the whole European security.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday hailed the “friendly” meeting with the Co-Rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, where the Georgian side had briefed the speakers on the progress achieved by the country in fulfilling the 12 conditions set for granting the country the EU membership candidate status.
Givi Mikanadze, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament’s Education, Science and Youth Affairs Committee, has been re-elected as the Chair of the Sub-Committee on the Implementation of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.