The State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Tea Akhvlediani held a meeting with Toivo Klaar, the EU’s special representative for the crisis in South Caucasus and Georgia.

The Minister emphasized the importance of the special role and involvement of the European Union in the process of peaceful conflict resolution, including by “promoting the restoration of trust between the artificially divided societies”.

Parties discussed the human rights situation in occupied Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Particular attention was paid to the process of implementing reconciliation and engagement policies based on a person-centric, status-neutral, and needs-based approach to populations affected by conflict.

Akhvlediani, Klaar discussed specific ways of further close cooperation and expressed readiness to continue intensive communication.