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Mikheil Kavelashvili: The Pope expressed his readiness to deepen partnership with Georgia in the future – I invited him to Georgia

Mikheil Kavelashvili has held a meeting with Pope Leo XIV.

As Kavelashvili writes on social media, the Pope expressed his readiness to deepen partnership with Georgia in the future.

Kavelashvili invited the head of the Catholic Church to Georgia.

“I once again congratulate His Holiness on his election as the head of the Catholic Church.

At the meeting, we discussed the existing relations between Georgia and the Holy See and the prospects for strengthening cooperation - a union based on Christian values ​​​​creates an important basis for close partnership.

I also thanked the Pope for his support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia.

For his part, His Holiness expressed his readiness to deepen partnership with Georgia in the future.

At the end of the meeting, I invited the head of the Catholic Church to Georgia,” Kavelashvili wrote.

The so-called Supreme Court of occupied Donetsk sentenced Ambako Soziashvili to 14 years in prison in absentia, Russian media report, citing the so-called Prosecutor's Office of occupied Donetsk.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze congratulates Nicușor Dan on his election as President of Romania.

How are Tsulukiani and Khazaradze different in relation to the law? - If you are making this decision, it means that you are under influence, you are afraid to bring leading figures of the ruling party here, because you will be reprimanded for this, - Mamuka Khazaradze, the leader of Lelo-Strong Georgia, stated at the court hearing.

Following another year of very strong growth, Georgia’s economic activity is projected to decelerate but to remain robust at 5-6% in 2025 and 2026, partly reflecting positive spillovers from Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine, according to a report published by the European Commission - European Economic Forecast.

The fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, congratulates Nicusor Dan on his victory in the Romanian presidential elections.

The Intelligence Service, which is directly subordinate to the Prime Minister, will be transferred to the sphere of governance of the State Security Service. The Intelligence Service will be transformed into a sub-agency of the State Security Service - the National Intelligence Agency.

A stone thrown by a protester injured my forehead, nose, and cheek, police officer Saba Nabakhteveli said, testifying in the case of actor Andro Chichinadze, comedian Onise Tskhadadze, and 9 other people arrested on charges of participating in gang violence.

Ivanishvili promised people European peace during the pre-election campaign, and instead we got Russian repression - the regime is behaving exactly like Putin, arresting political opponents and establishing a dictatorship, - Tina Bokuchava, the chairwoman of the United National Movement, said in connection with the temporary investigative commission created in parliament.

Mzia Amaglobeli’s lawyers are calling on the Kutaisi Court of Appeal to discontinue the administrative offense case, as they claim that the police falsified evidence in the case.

The prosecutor's office and the court specifically refused to interrogate as witnesses the people who demanded my criminal liability - this interrogation will once again reveal how the rule of law has been trampled, - one of the leaders of Lelo - Strong Georgia, Badri Japaridze, said after the end of the court session.

happens, is certainly alarming. This indicates that there is no interest in the existence of an independent body, even formally, - this is how GYLA Chairwoman Nona Kurdovanidze responds to the fact that the Special Investigation Service is being abolished, and after its abolition, it will be transferred to the jurisdiction of the Prosecutor General's Office.

Everyone who violates the law will be held accountable - will they not pay bail? They will share the same fate as those who did not pay, - the Chairman of the Committee on Procedural Issues and Rules, Davit Matikashvili, said while responding to the fact of opposition politicians not paying bail.

The Special Investigation Service is being abolished. As InterpressNews was told by the Investigation Service, after its abolition, it will be transferred to the jurisdiction of the Prosecutor General's Office.

We are seeing direct retaliation against political opponents, which is being carried out by this very so-called investigative commission that was created by trampling the law, - one of the leaders of Lelo - Strong Georgia, Badri Japaridze, stated at the trial.

What we went through on May 26 was premeditated, it was a planned operation -- they wanted to punish us seriously there, I call it a massacre, - chess player Nona Gaprindashvili stated at the session of the temporary investigative commission of parliament.

According to her, during the events of May 26, 2011, representatives of law enforcement agencies blocked the exits and left no way for people to escape.

“What we went through on May 26 was planned in advance, it was a planned operation

According to Salome Samadashvili, a member of the Lelo-Strong Georgia party, the temporary investigative commission established in the Georgian Parliament is an “instrument of political repression.”

The regime’s patrons know exactly what needs to be done to reset relations [with the West]: the country must return to the path of democratic development and the path of Euro-Atlantic integration – if this does not happen, relations will not be reset, Zurab Japaridze, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, told journalists.

Today we will have an interview with the victims of May 26, 2011 - May 26 is a classic form of the National Novement, how some dead people were put on the roof of a store, how people were brutally beaten on the street and not allowed to leave Rustaveli Avenue, - Guram Macharashvili, a member of the temporary investigative commission of the parliament, said before the start of the commission's session.

"I expect to be arrested. There's a 99% chance I will be."