Minister of Justice Paata Salia met with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, Saeed bin Mubarak Al Hajer, to discuss cooperation in the fields of innovation and digital governance. The parties explored opportunities for further strengthening bilateral relations.

During the meeting, Paata Salia presented Georgia’s ongoing reforms. He highlighted the Ministry of Justice’s introduction of an innovative Smart Contract service, which enables Georgian citizens to conduct real estate transactions remotely from anywhere in the world. The service incorporates secure digital signatures, integrated mortgage solutions, payment processing, and electronic title registration. Plans are underway to expand the platform to include remote business registration and additional advanced digital services.

The parties also recalled the productive visit conducted last fall, as well as the memorandum signed earlier this year with PRYPCO Technologies. The memorandum provides for cooperation in implementing advanced technologies in the real estate sector, including real estate tokenization—the conversion of physical assets into digital units.

The meeting was attended by First Deputy Minister of Justice Beka Dzamashvili and Head of the Department of International Relations and Legal Cooperation Ketevan Sarajishvili.

Deputy Minister of Justice Tamar Zodelava met with representatives of the World Bank during her working visit to the United States. The meeting focused on key areas of cooperation between the Ministry of Justice and the World Bank, including ongoing projects, achieved progress, and prospects for future collaboration.

Together with a representative of the National Agency of Public Registry, the Deputy Minister reviewed the progress and future plans of the GRAIL project. Discussions highlighted the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), improvements in land administration services, and the continued strengthening of digital governance systems.

The parties emphasized the strategic importance of these initiatives, assessed the results achieved to date, and outlined next steps.

The meeting also explored opportunities to share Georgia’s experience internationally, particularly in land reform and the development of spatial data systems. Special attention was given to the potential for applying Georgian models in other countries and expanding technical cooperation.

A regular working meeting of experts was held at the Ministry of Justice within the framework of the Georgia–Switzerland partnership on migration.

The meeting was opened by Deputy Minister of Justice Giorgi Dgebuadze, who highlighted the progress achieved in migration management. He also emphasized the importance of close cooperation with partner countries in preventing illegal migration, addressing the misuse of asylum procedures, and strengthening overall migration governance.

During the meeting, Georgian and Swiss experts discussed current migration challenges, explored specific proposals to enhance cooperation, and outlined future plans.

Under the memorandum signed between the two countries, expert-level meetings on migration have been held regularly since 2022. The fourth meeting this year brought together representatives from the Ministries of Justice, Foreign Affairs, and Internal Affairs, as well as the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Protection, and the Secretariat of the State Commission on Migration Issues.

Deputy Minister of Justice Giorgi Dgebuadze held a meeting with Regional Director of the Stirling Foundation for the Middle East and Caucasus, Brittney Stirling.

During the meeting, the parties discussed ongoing cooperation and future plans, with particular emphasis on the development of joint institutional and academic initiatives.

Special attention was given to the implementation of joint educational projects between the LEPL Training Center of Justice of the Ministry of Justice and Brigham Young University (Utah), planned within the framework of the partnership with the Stirling Foundation.

The meeting was also attended by Director of the Training Center of Justice, Gvantsa Varamashvili.