The General Meeting of Notaries elected the Chair and members of the Board. The election was conducted by secret ballot using an electronic voting system. Notary Davit Imnadze won the election for Chair of the Board by securing a majority of the votes.

Candidates for Chair, Deputy Chair and Board membership presented their action plans to notaries and invited guests, outlining their vision for the further development of the notarial profession and their proposed new initiatives.

Addressing the General Meeting, Minister of Justice Paata Salia emphasized the important role notaries play in upholding the rule of law and protecting citizens’ rights. He highlighted the achievements of the Notary Chamber of Georgia in international cooperation and its integration into the European notarial community. The Minister noted that in 2024, the Notary Chamber of Georgia became an observer member of the Council of the Notariats of the European Union (CNUE).

Paata Salia also thanked Ekaterine Nandoshvili for her significant contribution to the development of the notarial profession.

Deputy Minister of Justice Lana Morgoshia also addressed the notaries, speaking about the reforms implemented in the notarial system and the progress achieved between 2023 and 2026. During this period, significant legislative and institutional changes were introduced: the Statute of the Notary Chamber was updated, amendments were made to the Instruction on the Procedure for Performing Notarial Acts, the Chamber adopted a new organizational structure, and a new electronic notarial register was established.

In his welcoming remarks, Deputy Minister of Justice Giorgi Dgebuadze highlighted the importance of developing the notarial system, improving the quality of notarial services, and providing services tailored to citizens’ needs.

The General Meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Justice, notaries, and staff of the Notary Chamber of Georgia.

The International Justice Summit has concluded in Turkey. The Turkish Minister of Justice delivered a summary of the two-day event, which brought together justice ministers, judges, lawyers, and representatives of international organizations, expert communities, and academia from nearly 50 countries.

Participants were addressed by the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. At the closing ceremony, he thanked the delegates for their fruitful discussions and emphasized the importance of strengthening international cooperation and sharing the experience of partner countries to improve the effectiveness of legal systems and institutions.

On the second day of his visit to the Republic of Turkey, Georgia’s Minister of Justice held meetings with Albania’s Minister of Justice, Toni Gogu, and Teodora Stoian, State Secretary at Romania’s Ministry of Justice. Discussions focused on deepening cooperation between the countries and on ongoing reforms in Georgia in the areas of human rights, access to services, digital transformation, and the penitentiary and probation systems.

The events were attended by Beka Dzamashvili, First Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia, and Archil Kalandia, Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Turkey.