by Miceál O’Hurley

DUBLIN – Please find the Diplomacy in Ireland – The European Diplomat special coverage of the Webinar hosted by the Embassy of Georgia to Ireland and His Excellency Mr. George Zurabashvili on 27 October 2021.

• Mark Mellett Vice Admiral (Rtd), Former Chief of Defence Ireland and Chair of the Azure Forum Advisory Council

Opening Remarks:

• His Excellency Mr. George Zurabashvili, Ambassador of Georgia to Ireland

• Ketevan Chumbadze, Acting Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
  Legacy of Russia’s 2008 aggression and Georgia’s struggle for de-occupation: what needs to be done and what role the West should play to ensure peace and security in Eastern Europe.
• Kate Fearon, Deputy Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia, former participant in Northern Ireland Peace Talks
  Security and human rights implications of violation of the EU-mediated 12 August 2008 Ceasefire Agreement. why implementation of ceasefire matters
• Jean-Marc Thouvenin, Professor, the Université Paris Nanterre
  Unresolved conflicts in Europe’s Eastern Neighbourhood (Georgia, Ukraine): human rights and legal perspective for facilitating peace, European Court of Human Rights Judgment
• Miceál O’Hurley, J.D., Ph.D., Editor, Diplomacy in Ireland – The European Diplomat
  Russia’s disinformation and propaganda machinery as hybrid warfare against Georgia, European Security, and as a threat to the rules-based international order