Georgia: Meeting of the interim governmental Commission for responding to the needs of the population affected by conflict in villages near the dividing line. Chairman of the Commission – Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure Irakli Karseladze, Vice-Chairman – Sherry The Minister of State for Rights and Civil Equality Tea Akhvlediani and the Head of the Department of Relations with Regions of Government Administration Leri Barnabishvili opened.
According to the agenda of the 25th meeting of the Commission, after discussing several important issues, decisions were made to provide winter heating for the people living in villages near the dividing lines, financial assistance In the raising of funds and the continuation of student funding for the 2022-2023 school year. Also, one of the main issues of the meeting was the initiative of the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Gharibashvili, to restore damaged houses in the village of Zardianantkar, carried out by state agencies and local authorities Discussion of searches, ongoing activities and concrete plans for future actions.
As the Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure, Irakli Karseladze noted, under the coordination of the Ministry of Infrastructure, from January to September 2022 in villages near the dividing line, 168 projects have been completed and are underway, that The total cost of Elta is about 76.2 million GEL.
These include road infrastructure, water supply systems, and construction and rehabilitation projects of kindergartens and schools.
Minister of State Tea Akhvlediani spoke about the importance of support and efforts made by the Commission to ensure proper living conditions for people affected by conflict near the occupation line.
According to the minister, taking care of the population near the dividing lines is one of the most important priorities of reconciliation and inclusion policy.
Tea Akhvlediani emphasized the importance of projects that have been carried out in villages near the dividing line since 2013 as part of the Commission’s work: gasification, water supply, education financing, healthcare, agriculture, entrepreneurs In support of Bee, culture and other government programs. According to the Minister of State, the socio-economic development of these villages is a strong political message for the population living in the occupied regions, as a clear manifestation of the Georgian government’s human-oriented policy.
“Caring for and supporting the improvement of the socio-economic conditions of people living near the dividing line, of course, remains a policy of reconciliation and inclusion, according to the State Minister’s apparatus. Hard to make it a top priority. At this point, during the current year, we will continue intensive communication with the population living near the occupation line, with NGOs working on their issues and international partners, the government facing these people Identify challenges and correspondence with government services to discuss specific ways of solving them.
At today’s session, the Commission heard the report of the activities carried out over the past year, set up a plan of concrete actions, on the initiative of the Prime Minister of Georgia, on the reconstruction of war-damaged houses in the village of Zardianantkari Roughly made decisions to provide financial support to the dividing line populations, as well as funding for higher education for students for the 2022-23 school year.
The Georgian government, within the framework of the Inter-Agency Commission, created in 2013, continues to make a united effort to support the population of these villages and solve the challenges they face, “said the Minister of State Tea Akhvlediani.
