Participants express concerns at deteriorating human rights situation and ask for a more strategic approach by the European Union in engaging with the issues
The nomination of Gakharia, who until now was Minister of Interior, was announced on Tuesday morning by the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili. Gakharia has already presented to parliament his list of ministers for approval.
At a moving ceremony in Warsaw, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier recalled Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland asking for forgiveness for "Germany's historical guilt."
Incoming prime minister Alexei Goncharuk has highlighted the economic revival of Ukraine as the priority of his government. The new government stated that European and Euro-Atlantic integration remain the key pillar of the country's foreign policy.