Georgian Justice Minister, Israeli National Security Minister discuss relations, prospects for deepening cooperation

Friendly relations between Georgia and Israel as well as the prospects for deepening cooperation in the justice sector were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian Justice Minister Paata Salia and Itamar Ben-Gvir, the National Security Minister of Israel.

Salia briefed the visiting Israeli delegation on the ministry’s key priorities, with particular emphasis on reforms carried out in Georgia’s penitentiary system and the importance of rehabilitation and resocialization programs for inmates.

The meeting emphasized the importance of the reforms implemented in the Georgian penitentiary system and the programs implemented for the resocialisation and rehabilitation of convicts.

As part of their visit to Georgia, the Israeli delegation also toured Gldani Penitentiary Establishment No. 8, where they reviewed the institution’s infrastructure and the management standards of the prison system.