currently Head of the Department of Eastern Europe, Western Balkans, South Caucasus, Central Asia and Central European Initiative of the Austrian Ministry of European and International Affairs.

At the meeting Heide Maria Gurer discussed Georgia as an important partner of the Republic of Austria, who is among those four countries that are covered by Austrian Cooperation Assistance Program. She is interesting in taking part in confidence building process. Mrs. Gurer also talked about Schlaining Process, as one of the important processes in Georgian-Abkhazian relationship.

"She has good experience in this field and she knows local context. Cooperation with her will move the peace process forward" - said Ketevan Tsikhelashvili.