The purpose of the legal forum is to share experience and deepen legal relations between the Ministries of Justice of the two countries. The event participants include Deputy Ministers of Justice of Georgia and Azerbaijan, representatives of the judiciary, prosecutor's office, lawyers' corps. The forum addresses such issues as: strengthening of the justice system, digitalization of services, strengthening of penitentiary and probation systems, mutual legal assistance; specific initiatives and directions for future cooperation.

The legal forum is a continuation of the close and fruitful cooperation between the Ministers of Justice of the two countries, which began last year in Venice, within the framework of the international conference organized by the Council of Europe. In March of this year, during Rati Bregadze's visit to Baku, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Ministries of Justice of Georgia and Azerbaijan, which, among other events, envisions the holding of annual joint legal forums.

For his contribution to the development of legal relations between Georgia and Azerbaijan, on behalf of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan presented today to Minister of Justice of Georgia, Rati Bregadze with the state medal related to the 100th anniversary of the Justice of Azerbaijan.

The Minister of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan is in Georgia within the framework of the Georgian-Azerbaijani legal forum. The forum is being held this year in the city of Batumi for the first time, within the framework of the memorandum signed in March of this year. The legal forum of the two countries will take an annual form, which will further strengthen the Georgian-Azerbaijani sectoral cooperation.

Minister of Justice, Rati Bregadze her a meeting today with his Azerbaijani counterpart Fikret Mamedov. The conversation touched on the further deepening of sectoral cooperation between the agencies based on the memorandum signed between the two countries' justice ministries in Baku. Rati Bregadze emphasized that the sharing of experience and cooperation between the two countries in the area of ​​rule of law and justice is important for the country's democratic development.

Development of directions of departmental cooperation is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Justice. For this purpose, a Georgian-Azerbaijani legal forum will be held in Batumi, and the Georgian-Azerbaijani joint declaration will be signed at the forum. The cooperation envisioned in the document includes joint measures and initiatives at both the central and sectoral levels in 2023.

First Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia, Tamar Tkeshelashvili, Deputy Ministers, Tornike Cheishvili and Erekle Gvinianidze also attended the meeting with the Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan.

Minister of Justice Rati Bregadze her a meeting today with Head of Projects for South-East European Countries of the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ), Frank Hupfeld. Deputy Minister of Justice, Beka Dzamashvili also attended the meeting.

The parties emphasized the role of IRZ in the process of implementing the cooperation program signed between the Ministries of Justice of Georgia and Germany.

The Minister of Justice expressed hope for an even closer partnership between Georgia and Germany in the direction of justice and noted that the active involvement of IRZ will have a positive impact on the sectoral cooperation between the two countries.

Rati Bregadze and Pawel Herczynski discussed today the European perspective of Georgia. The Minister of Justice once again confirmed Georgia's aspiration for integration with the European Union. It was noted that Georgia is ready to do everything to get the status of a candidate country of the European Union, which will be followed by political and economic integration with the European Union.

Rati Bregadze expressed his hope for successful cooperation with Pawel Herczynski in the European integration process and the support of EU member states in this process.

Deputy Minister of Justice, Beka Dzamashvili also attended the meeting with the head of the European Union.