Georgian, German Interior Ministers Discuss Fruitful Cooperation, Prospects Of Future Relations
Date
4/28/2023 1:03:46 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) The fruitful cooperation between the Georgian and German law
enforcement, as well as prospects of future relations, was
discussed by Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri and his
German counterpart Nancy Faeser. Gomelauri thanked the German side
for its“continuous support” for developing the Georgian Interior
Ministry's capabilities.
At the meeting, held as part of the Georgian Minister's official
visit to Germany, the sides highlighted the measures implemented
against illegal migration and organised crime and pointed out the
role of Police attaches in this regard, the Interior Ministry
said.
Gomelauri expressed readiness to send Georgian police officers
to the relevant units of the German Interior Ministry and explained
it would highly contribute to the“effective” fighting against
organised crime and support controlling illegal migration flows.
The German side emphasised Georgia's“successful implementation” of
the readmission agreement with the European Union and the
“effective” cooperation between Georgia and Germany in this
regard.
The measures taken by Georgia and the ongoing reforms
implemented in response to the challenges of a visa-free regime
with the EU were positively evaluated at the meeting, with the
German side expressing its will to create bilateral working groups
for providing additional legal work opportunities to Georgian
citizens in Germany.
The meeting was attended by Levan Izoria, the Georgian
Ambassador to Germany, Aleksandre Darakhvelidze, the Deputy
Interior Minister and Teimuraz Kupatadze, the Director of the
Central Criminal Police Department, as well as Sergo Turmanidze,
the Georgian Police Attache in Germany.
From the German side, Joachim Stamp, the Special Commissioner
for Migration Agreements, Bastian Fleig, the Chief of
Directorate-General of Executive Staff, Planning and Communication
and Bernd Krossser, the State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of
the Interior and Community, as well as Ulrich Weinbrenner, Chief of
Directorate of Migration, Refugees and Return Policy and Michael
Niemeier, the Chief of Directorate for International and EU
Affairs, participated in the meeting.
At the end of the meeting, the Georgian Minister expressed his
gratitude towards his German counterpart for her hospitality and
invited her to Georgia.
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