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Email this citationCIAO DATE: 03/03
Human Rights and Regional Co-Operation in the Caucasus: The Role of Georgia
Marco Gestri and Ettore Greco
November 2001
Abstract
The first session of the seminar focused on “Georgia and the European System for the Protection of Human Rights”. Analysis of the topics to be discussed within this framework was preceded by some introductory remarks by Ambassador Maurizio Moreno, Department of Political Affairs of the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Ambassador Moreno gave a concise but stimulating overview of the political context in which Georgia’s international relations must be considered. First, he emphasised the clear will of the majority of the Georgian people and of Georgian institutions to strengthen ties with European and Euro-Atlantic organisations. Then he drew the attention of the Georgian participants to the fact that there is a firm determination on the part of the European Union and its member states to consider Georgia a full member of the European family of nations; this has been proven, in particular, by Georgia’s accession to the Council of Europe.
