Albanian lawmaker part of PACE monitoring rapporteurs in Georgia

TIRANA, Aug 19 – Kastriot Islami, opposition Socialist party lawmaker, is member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Rapporteurs who are to monitor the obligations and commitments by Georgia in a visit to Tbilisi next week to collect information on the ground and discuss the situation at the highest political level, according to the Council of Europe.
“During their visit, as from 18 to 21 August, they are scheduled to meet President Saakashvili , the Speaker of Parliament, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister for Reintegration, the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Defense. They will also meet people displaced by the recent conflict and visit the town of Gori.
“Last week, PACE President LluMaria de Puig declared that human rights violations occurring during the conflict must not go unpunished. Both Georgia and Russia are members of the Council of Europe and, as such, are bound by legal obligations to resolve conflicts peacefully and respect human rights and humanitarian law.
A visit to Moscow by the PACE Rapporteurs on Russia is envisaged for later this week.