The News in Brief
Monday, March 27, 2023
Prepared by Messenger Staff
Zurab Azarashvili Meets with Joachim Stamp
Minister of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social Protection of Georgia Zurab Azarashvili met with Joachim Stamp, Special Commissioner of the German Federal Government on Migration Issues.
According to the Ministry of Health, the parties discussed issues of labor migration, migrants' rights and circular labor migration.
"At the meeting, the importance of labor migration regulation in Georgia and the implementation of planned changes in the law in this direction were emphasized.
According to Azarashvili, the implementation of the planned changes will help legal labor migration, reduce cases of illegal labor migration, establish an effective system of state monitoring of the activities of individuals and legal entities related to labor arrangements outside Georgia and encourage their legal activities.
On his part, Stamp informed Azarashvili about the goals and future plans of the German side in the direction of migration policy.
The special commissioner for migration issues of the German federal government expressed his support for the ongoing reforms in Georgia and his readiness to further deepen the cooperation," the ministry's statement reads.
Kelly Degnan Comments on Salome Zourabichvili's Recent Statement on Nika Gvaramia's Pardoning
US Ambassador to Georgia, Kelly Degnan, told reporters that the freedom of the media is important for the development of democracy. According to her, it is of more importance especially recently, when the media space is 'narrowing'.
Degnan was asked a question about the statement made by President Zourabichvili, regarding Nika Gvaramia's pardon, where Zourabichvili noted that she would say "whatever will be and how it will be".
As Kelly Degnan said, this decision is for the president to make completely.
"Media freedom is important for the development of democracy, especially in the recent period, when we see that the media space is narrowing. Therefore, the existence of an independent, free media is very important so that the population has access to accurate information that is not presented in only one direction. We will always focus on viable, strong media because this is especially important in the process of building democracy," said Degnan.
Zurab Azarashvili Meets with Joachim Stamp
According to the Ministry of Health, the parties discussed issues of labor migration, migrants' rights and circular labor migration.
"At the meeting, the importance of labor migration regulation in Georgia and the implementation of planned changes in the law in this direction were emphasized.
According to Azarashvili, the implementation of the planned changes will help legal labor migration, reduce cases of illegal labor migration, establish an effective system of state monitoring of the activities of individuals and legal entities related to labor arrangements outside Georgia and encourage their legal activities.
On his part, Stamp informed Azarashvili about the goals and future plans of the German side in the direction of migration policy.
The special commissioner for migration issues of the German federal government expressed his support for the ongoing reforms in Georgia and his readiness to further deepen the cooperation," the ministry's statement reads.
Kelly Degnan Comments on Salome Zourabichvili's Recent Statement on Nika Gvaramia's Pardoning
Degnan was asked a question about the statement made by President Zourabichvili, regarding Nika Gvaramia's pardon, where Zourabichvili noted that she would say "whatever will be and how it will be".
As Kelly Degnan said, this decision is for the president to make completely.
"Media freedom is important for the development of democracy, especially in the recent period, when we see that the media space is narrowing. Therefore, the existence of an independent, free media is very important so that the population has access to accurate information that is not presented in only one direction. We will always focus on viable, strong media because this is especially important in the process of building democracy," said Degnan.