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Wednesday, 26 January , 2022
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Rati Bregadze: "We Agreed on Special Cooperation in the Field of Public Services"

The visit of the Minister of Justice of Georgia to Armenia continues. Rati Bregadze and Karen Andreasyan held a briefing for the media after the bilateral meeting. According to Rati Bregadze, intensive cooperation between Georgia and Armenia will continue.

"We agreed on special cooperation in the field of public services; We have Brough here the Mobile Public Service Hall, which allows rural citizens to receive public services provided at the Public Service Halls in the cities, as well as our innovative product in the field of penitentiary system - PROBBOX, which allows probationers to receive all the services they used to receive. In the probation bureaus,” said the Minister.

According to Rati Bregadze, another direction of Georgian-Armenian relations will be the prevention of falsification of documents.

"We also agreed that we will work very actively to prevent the falsification of documents, which will ultimately protect the citizens of our states even more," said Rati Bregadze at the briefing.

The Minister of Justice of Armenia thanked the Georgian counterpart for the cooperation and noted that he had discussed with Rati Bregadze the challenges that Armenia has in the field of probation and the introduction of a unified service system. According to Karen Andreasyan, sharing Georgia's successful experience is very important for Armenia:

"Georgia has a solid and good experience in this field ... at least, the Public Service Hall ... I want to thank you for sharing your experience, for bringing and showing us Mobile Public Service Hall vehicles."

The visit of the Georgian delegation to Armenia started today with a meeting with the Minister of Justice of Armenia. After the meeting, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between Georgia and Armenia.

Today, the Minister of Justice and his deputies - Tamar Tkeshelashvili and Buba Lomuashvili, Chair of the National Agency of Public Registry, Oleg (Bacho) Tortladze and Head of the Special Penitentiary Service, Nika Tskhvarashvili will hold a large presentation on the ongoing reforms in the field of justice in Georgia.

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Minister of Justice Meets with Prosecutor General of the Kyrgyz Republic, Otkurbek Dzhamshitov

During the meeting with Otkurbek Dzhamshitov, Rati Bregadze emphasized the importance of deepening mutual cooperation and sharing experiences between the two countries in the realm of justice enforcement.

The Minister highlighted that one of the principal priorities of the Ministry of Justice is bolstering international cooperation. The agency actively engages with partner states to facilitate mutual legal assistance in both civil and criminal law matters, including extradition and the transfer of convicted individuals and aspects of serving their sentences.

Another crucial priority is advancing a penitentiary system that adheres to modern standards and offering alternative sentencing options, along with rehabilitation programs for convicts and probationers to support their re-socialization.

Moreover, Rati Bregadze underscored the ongoing reforms spearheaded by the Ministry of Justice, particularly in the realms of digitalization and cybersecurity.

Discussions at the meeting also revolved around the potential for knowledge exchange between the Ministry of Justice of Georgia and Kyrgyzstan, encompassing law enforcement practices, service accessibility, and digital innovations.

As part of his visit to Georgia, the Prosecutor General of Kyrgyzstan will also meet with the leadership of the Probation Agency and gain insights into the Georgian technological innovation ProbBox, which has garnered recognition from the European Probation Confederation (CEP) as a noteworthy European-scale innovation. The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Justice, Beka Dzamashvili and Head of International Relations and Legal Cooperation Department, Ketevan Sarajishvili.