Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Merab Malania participated in Catastrophe Risks Reduction Ministerial held in New Delhi, upon the invitation of the Minister of Interior of India. The event was attended by up to 300 participants from 44 countries.
Within the frames of Ministerial Merab Malania delivered a speech to the audience on behalf of the Georgian government and confirmed Georgia’s support for the priorities defined by Sendai Framework Agreement. Merab Malania also discussed progress achieved within the frames of the Sendai agreement as well as future plans.
“Georgia’s priorities include replacing action-oriented approaches with prevention-oriented activities, as I believe that prevention and introduction of threat reduction mechanisms will ensure safety of people, stability of the state and sustainable development. This year we came up with an inter-agency initiative, the implementation of which will provide people with creation of an early warning, integrated platform. With this aim inter-agency, integrated database will be created at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which will enable us to analyze the received information from other agencies in a real-time regime and make prompt reaction if necessary. As you are aware, informing of the people timely and coordinated work is utterly crucial to minimize the damage caused by catastrophes”-stated Deputy Minister Malania.
The conference was also attended by the Ambassador of Georgia to India Archil Dzodzuashvili.
