Parliament Speaker, CoE Deputy Sec Gen review cooperation, reforms
Papuashvili extended his gratitude to the Council for its “long-term” support of the country in “various directions”, the Parliament said. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Georgia's progress in implementing the European Union recommendations for the membership candidate status was discussed on Thursday in a meeting between the Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and Bjørn Berge, the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Papuashvili extended his gratitude to the Council for its “long-term” support of the country in “various directions”, the Parliament said.
Pleased to meet Bjørn Berge @DSGBjornBerge, Deputy Secretary General of @coe. We are grateful for longstanding support of the #coe towards ???????? & appreciate the launch of the fourth, 2024-2027 Action Plan for ????????. It will greatly contribute to further consolidation of democratic… pic.twitter.com/g04km1Ge0N
— Shalva Papuashvili ???????? (@shpapuashvili) January 18, 2024
He also focused on the latest consolidated report of the Secretary General of the CoE, which for the first time recognised the Russian occupation of Georgian regions using the term “occupation line”.
Berge emphasised the “fruitful” cooperation between the Council of Europe and Georgia and “positively” assessed the latter's chairing of the Committee of Ministers of the body, which he said had les to human rights and environmental protection being determined as priority matters on its agenda.
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Friday slammed “politically biased” and “speculative” assessments by the “elite” domestic non-governmental sector, which he claimed were subsequently “inserted” into reports of foreign organisations with political aims.
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