NEWS

On October 1st, Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC) hosted the meeting with the representatives of the Lithuanian Parlament (Seimas) and the Georgian non-governmental organizations, at the Fukuyama Democracy Frontline Centre’s office at Stamba Hotel.

During the meeting, representatives of the non-governmental sector and Lithuanian parliamentarians discussed upcoming elections in Georgia and assessed the mechanisms that are necessary for fair elections and which will promote the development of democracy in the country.

The participants of the meeting from the Lithuanian Parliament were:

Mr. Raimundas Lopata, Liberals Movement Political Group (Member), Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Georgia (Head);

Ms. Paulė Kuzmickienė, Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group (Deputy Chair), Commission for the Cause of Freedom and the National Historical Memory (Chair), Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Georgia (Member);

Mr. Giedrius Surplys, Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union Political Group (Member), Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Georgia (Member);

Ms. Vilija Targamadzė, Lithuanian Social Democratic Party Political Group (Member), Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Georgia (Deputy Head);

Mr. Andrius Vyšniauskas, Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group (Deputy Chair), Committee on European Affairs (Member), Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Georgia (Member).