The 97th Rose-Roth seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) entitled “Georgia and the Black Sea Region in the New Geopolitical Order” has been opened in Batumi, Georgia, on 23 April.
The three-day meeting will assess the progress made by Georgia since the creation of the NATO-Georgia Commission and its parliamentary counterpart, the Georgia-NATO Interparliamentary Council in 2008. Participants will also examine the security and political landscape in the wider Black Sea area as well as Central Asia.
Senior Georgian political leaders, including President Giorgi Margvelashvili, Speaker of the Parliament Irakli Kobakhidze, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikheil Janelidze and Minister of Defence Levan Izoria will address participants. The President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Paolo Alli will deliver a speech.
The seminar will bring together approximately 200 participants, including 62 members of parliament from 23 NATO member states and partner countries.
