Reconciliation Minister discusses work with int’l organisations implementing projects in occupied Abkhazia
Thea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, on Monday met with representatives of international organisations. Photo: Reconciliation Ministry press office
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Thea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, and representatives of international organisations implementing humanitarian and confidence-building projects in the country’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia, on Monday discussed the efforts in the north-western region of the country.
The Minister hailed the organisations’ role in efforts for peaceful resolution of conflicts, before discussing the humanitarian situation in the region, the Ministry said.
The sides discussed ongoing projects and initiatives, as well as future plans, which they said were expected to ease the socio-economic conditions of the conflict-affected population and facilitate a dialogue for peaceful reintegration of the region.
Russia recognised Georgia’s Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions as independent states after its 2008 conflict with Georgia.
Only Venezuela, Nikaragua, Nauru and Syria have joined Moscow's stance so far, amid the calls of the rest of the international community to Russian authorities to withdraw their troops from the Georgian territory.
Thea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, on Thursday highlighted the “success” of her Government's efforts for peaceful reintegration of the country’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions in comments for representatives of the European Union.
Tea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, on Thursday highlighted the “foundational” significance of promoting knowledge of state language in comments marking the Georgian Language Day, at awards for graduates of a programme of ambassadors of state language.
The security, humanitarian and human rights situation in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) on the backdrop of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine were in focus of a meeting between Tea Akhvlediani, Georgia’s State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality and a group of United States officials Anne Witkowsky, the Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stablisation Operations, and Leslie Ziman, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration in the Department of State on Friday.
Tea Akhvlediani, former deputy health minister, has been appointed Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, replacing Ketevan Tsikhelashvili in the position.