Regarding the chairmanship of CoE Georgia takes up today, trams in Strasburg have been decorated with the posters of Georgian alphabet. Decorated trams will be running for 6 months.
Davit Zalkaliani, Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs in company with Roland Ries, Mayor of Strasbourg and Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe have already travelled by tram.
On the occasion of #GeorgianPrecidency tram decorated with the Presidency logo & letters of Georgian alphabet will be running in Strasbourg for the next 6 months, telling t/story of t/ country’s unique &ancient alphabet – one of the powerful symbols of Georgian identity @coe pic.twitter.com/uGMsjCLAre
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) November 27, 2019
Georgia will be Chairman of Committee of Ministers at the Council of Europe from November 27, 2019, to May 15, 2020. The chairmanship will be handed over to Georgia from France on November 27 at a ceremony in Strasbourg.
Amélie de Montchalin, Minister of State for European Affairs of France will give a symbolic key of the chairmanship to Davit Zalkaliani, Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Georgian Foreign Minister will then introduce priorities of Georgia’s chairmanship to the Committee of Ministers. According to Georgian Foreign Ministry, Georgia will have 4 priorities: human rights and environment protection; civil engagement in decision-making process; jurisdiction oriented on children; and strengthening of democracy with the engagement of education, culture and youth.
We have set human rights and environmental protection; civil participation in decision-making; child-friendly justice and democracy through education, culture and youth engagement as the #CoE Georgian Presidency’s overriding priorities for the next 6 months. pic.twitter.com/VmD84PUxfa
— MFA of Georgia (@MFAgovge) November 26, 2019
During the chairmanship period, Georgia will organize about 20 activities at the Council of Europe.
