Ruling party MP: PACE an important platform to voice positions “urgent” for Georgia
In his remarks, Mikanadze noted the spring session of the Assembly would focus on “urgent issues” facing the European continent in terms of human rights protection. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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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”.
In his remarks, Mikanadze noted the spring session of the Assembly would focus on “urgent issues” facing the European continent in terms of human rights protection.
It is important that the Georgian Parliamentary delegation will meet with members of the Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe responsible for preparing reports on Georgia. Information will be exchanged with them regarding reforms that are implemented in the format of [the European Union] recommendations [for Georgia to obtain its membership candidate status] and are actually in the final phase”, Mikanadze said.
“It is also very important that debates will take place. The Council of Europe is preparing for the Reykjavík summit to be held in May. A special debate will be held for this session, which will especially concern the issue of the impact of Russia's aggression in Ukraine on the European continent”, the Georgian MP continued.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, is part of the Georgian Parliamentary delegation involved in the spring plenary session of the PACE in Strasbourg between Monday and Friday.
The session will be addressed by Dunja Mijatović, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe.
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.
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 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”.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday expressed his hope the European Union would make a “fair decision” regarding Georgia’s membership candidate status and put the country in the same position as Ukraine and Moldova.
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.
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, an MP of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday rejected claims by domestic opposition and several Ukrainian lawmakers that Tbilisi had refused to join a resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Ukrainian children’s forced transfer to Russia amid the ongoing war as a “part of a dirty, fake campaign”.
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.
Tamar Taliashvili, Georgia’s Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, on Thursday said she had had a “cordial meeting” with Theodoros Rousopoulos, the newly elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the CoE.
Theodoros Rousopoulos, the newly elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, on Friday extended his “warmest congratulations” to Irakli Kobakhidze on his appointment as the country’s new Prime Minister.