Georgian Reconciliation Minister briefs CoE delegation on protection of national minorities
Thea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, on Monday met representatives of the Council of Europe. Photo: Ministry of Reconciliation and Civil Equality
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Thea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, on Monday briefed representatives of the Council of Europe over her Government's work on human rights protection, anti-discrimination, civil equality and integration, the Ministry said.
The monitoring delegation of the CoE's Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities also met with representatives of non-governmental organisations and local self-governments of municipalities densely populated by ethnic minorities.
Akhvlediani said the visit of the delegation aimed at assessing Georgia’s fulfilment of its obligations under the Convention.
“This time it covers the period of 2017-2021 and is held only once within the five-year monitoring cycle [...] We provided the members of the monitoring delegation with exhaustive and comprehensive information about the opportunities opened for the further integration and strengthening of the multi-ethnic society of our country and the already achieved tangible results and progress, thereby confirming once again that Georgia will continue to fulfil its obligations within the framework of international mechanisms”, she said.
Aspects of the cooperation between Georgia and the International Committee of the Red Cross were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality Tea Akhvlediani and Agnes Coutou, the Red Cross Envoy on Missing Persons in the Caucasus.
Thea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, on Tuesday briefed delegates of the Council of Europe over the current situation in the country’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions and the Government policy for the peaceful resolution of the conflicts on the territories, the Ministry said.
Thea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, on Monday discussed conflict-related and security questions, as well as prospects for a further strengthening of bilateral ties with Oleg Serebrian, the Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of Moldova, the Georgian Ministry said.
The “core issues” concerning the human rights and humanitarian situation in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions “continue to see little progress”, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić said on Wednesday in her consolidated report on the conflict in Georgia.
Marija Pejčinović Burić, the Council of Europe’s Secretary General, on Friday visited central Georgia’s village of Odzisi, which separates the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the rest of the country, as part of her official visit to Georgia.