Koka Katsitadze hosted the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

The Head of the Special Investigation Service, Koka Katsitadze held an introductory meeting with H.E. Meline Arakelian, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Georgia.

During the meeting, the conversation touched on the aspects of future cooperation between the parties, which aims to further enhance the independent investigation mechanism.

The Head of the Special Investigation Service introduced the priorities, achieved results and future visions of the Service to the foreign diplomat. The conversation also touched on the recommendations of the European Commission and the reforms implemented with the involvement of the Service to fulfill them.

Within the framework of the meeting, the joint participation of the Special Investigation Service and the National Criminal Cases Investigation Authority of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (The Rijksrecherche) in the Internal Criminal Investigations Network (ICIN) was mentioned, a member of which the Georgian party became during the General Assembly of the organization, held in October 2023 in London. The possibilities of enhancing the future partnership between counterpart institutions were also discussed.

The Head of the Special Investigation Service thanked the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Georgia for the attention and support shown to the work of the Service and expressed readiness for future cooperation.

The Deputy Head of the Special Investigation Service, Natia Songhulashvili, the Police attaché of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Hans Houwen, the Policy Officer of the embassy, Lela Lomaia and the Head of the International Relations Department of the Special Investigation Service, Natia Pirashvili attended the meeting.