OSCE media freedom representative to open media forum in Tbilisi, meet Georgian officials
VIENNA, 14 April 2010 - Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, will be in Tbilisi tomorrow to open a conference promoting effective guarantees for freedom of expression in the South Caucasus, Moldova and Ukraine.
The conference, organized by the Council of Europe, will be held on 15 and 16 April.
"This international forum will bring together senior media professionals and policymakers from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. I welcome the initiative of the Council of Europe to stimulate a debate on media freedom in an international context and appreciate this opportunity to exchange views with journalists and officials from the South Caucasus, Moldova and Ukraine," said Mijatovic.
During her first visit to Georgia, the Representative will also meet Georgian officials and journalists, including the Speaker of Parliament, Davit Bakradze, the Minister of Education and Science, Dimitri Shashkin, the Deputy Foreign Minister, David Jalagania, the Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Parliament, Akaki Minashvili, and the Chair of the Georgian National Communications Commission, Irakli Chikovani.
The media freedom representative will also hold the 7th annual OSCE South Caucasus Media Conference in Tbilisi in autumn.