Georgian Interior Minister, Israeli Ambassador discuss law enforcement ties
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri and Israeli Ambassador Hadas Meitzad met on Wednesday. Photo: Interior Ministry press office
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Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri and Israeli Ambassador Hadas Meitzad on Wednesday discussed the bilateral cooperation between the law enforcement agencies of their countries, with the former revealing a Georgian police attaché would be dispatched to Israel to develop the cooperation.
The Georgian Interior Ministry cited Gomelauri as revealing the plan for the sending of the law enforcement envoy “in the near future”, saying the move would “further strengthen” ties between the relevant services of the countries.
The introductory meeting with the diplomat, hosted by Gomelauri’s office, also discussed the upcoming visit of the Israeli National Police head to Georgia and praised the “effective” law enforcement partnership between the sides.
Cooperation between the Georgian and Israeli legislative bodies was discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and members of the Israel-Georgia Parliamentary Friendship Group of the Knesset.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Sunday visited the Great Synagogue in Tbilisi to join celebrations of the Hanukkah, an eight-day annual Jewish festival, and hailed the “brotherhood” between the Georgian and Jewish people.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday discussed “centuries-old ties” between his country and Israel and prospects of further strengthening cooperation with Hadas Meitzad, the newly appointed Israeli ambassador to Georgia.
Relations between Georgia and Israel and opportunities for their further development were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Hadas Meitzad, the new Israeli Ambassador.
Deepening and strengthening cooperation between law enforcement of Georgia and Israel was discussed between the Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri and Yaakov Shabtai, the Commissioner of the Israeli National Police, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Tuesday.