Georgia to Hand Over Chairmanship of Committee of Ministers to Greece

Georgia's 6-month presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has ended.

The Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe will officially be transferred from Georgia to Greece today at the meeting of the CoE Committee of Ministers in Strasbourg.

The meeting starts at 1:00 PM Tbilisi time. It will be opened by Irakli Giviashvili, Permanent Representative of Georgia to the Council of Europe.

Georgia’s Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani will deliver a speech and sum up the achievements and results of Georgia’s Presidency.

The meeting will also be addressed by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the President of the European Court of Human Rights, the Commissioner for Human Rights and the President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.

The Ambassador of Georgia will hand over the symbolic key of the Chairmanship to the Permanent Representative of Greece to the Council of Europe.

The Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe was transferred from France to Georgia during a meeting held in Strasbourg, the Organisation's headquarters, on 27 November 2019.

By Ana Dumbadze