Georgian Foreign Minister and Vice Prime Minister Maka Bochorishvili will participate in the 135th session of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, which will be held in Chișinău on May 15.
According to the ministry, Bochorishvili will deliver a speech to the participants of the Committee of Ministers meeting.
Bilateral talks with counterparts—foreign ministers from various countries—are also scheduled as part of the ministerial meeting.
Notably, the 135th session of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers is being held under the presidency of Moldova. Following the conclusion of the ministerial meeting, Chișinău will hand over the presidency of the Committee of Ministers to Monaco, which will lead the committee for the next six months.
As a reminder, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has announced plans to discuss the bilateral agenda with his Georgian counterpart.
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It should be noted that the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe is the organization’s primary decision-making body. It comprises the foreign ministers of all member states or their permanent representatives in Strasbourg.
While the Committee of Ministers meets regularly, the so-called ministerial sessions—meetings at the level of foreign ministers—typically take place once a year. The meeting’s agenda covers key issues of European policy and security, including:
- protection of human rights;
- the state of democracy and the rule of law;
- conflicts and regional security issues;
- implementation of decisions by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR);
- support for Ukraine;
- the fight against disinformation and hybrid threats;
- migration and humanitarian issues.
For Georgia, participation in such meetings holds particular political significance. The country has been a member of the Council of Europe since 1999 and traditionally uses the organization’s platform to discuss issues of territorial integrity, the Russia-Georgia conflict, the situation in Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region, as well as European integration.