Asked by: Adam Holloway (Conservative - Gravesham)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether (a) he and (b) the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (i) have made and (ii) plan to make representations to their counterparts in Georgia on ensuring free and fair elections in that country.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
The UK is committed to supporting Georgia to hold elections that meet international standards. During his March 2023 visit to Georgia, the former Foreign Secretary pledged £500,000 to support election monitoring in Georgia, including £70,000 to support the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights mission ahead of elections expected in October 2024. The former Minister for Europe discussed elections with then Georgian Prime Minister Gharibashvili during his visit to Tbilisi on 21 November 2023.
Oral Evidence May. 15 2024
Inquiry: Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UKFound: first stated by the court in Kyrtatos v Greece in 2003, and reaffirmed in the case of Jugheli v Georgia
May. 15 2024
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May. 15 2024
Source Page: Open general export licence export for exhibition: military goodsFound: (Republic of), Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia
May. 15 2024
Source Page: Open general export licence export for exhibition: military goodsFound: Republic of), Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Gui nea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia
May. 15 2024
Source Page: Open general export licence export for exhibition: military goodsFound: (Republic of), Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia
May. 15 2024
Source Page: Open general export licence export for exhibition: military goodsFound: Republic of), Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Gui nea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia
Oral Evidence May. 15 2024
Inquiry: Disability employmentFound: Georgia Harper: Hello.