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196th LI Executive Committee Meeting

20-22 May 2016, Tbilisi, Georgia

Programme (as of 19 May 2016)





Thursday 19 May
Arrival of delegates
20.00 Bureau Dinner / International Officers Dinner
(Self-organised)

Kopala Restaurant
Chekhov Str. 10
Tbilisi 0103, Georgia

Friday 20 May
Venue: Holiday Inn Hotel
Registration Hours: 09.00-11.00, Foyer
08.00 10.30 Bureau Meeting
(invitation only)
Glass Meeting Room
10.30 12.30 Panel on Freedom of Belief
Organised by D66 (the Netherlands)

Stevens Mokgalapa MP, Member of the LI HRC, DA, South Africa (Chair)
Boris van der Ham, Member of the LI HRC, D66, the Netherlands
Levan Berdzenishvili, Member of Parliament, RPG, Georgia

Living Room
12.35 13.00 Briefing on The Creeping Annexation of Georgian Territory by Russia
Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, First Deputy State Ministry for Reconciliation and Civic
Equality, Georgia

Living Room
13.00 Departure by bus to Study Visit
13.30 15.30 Visit to the old Georgian capital of Mshketa
Lunch hosted by Ministry of Defence
15.30 16.00 Travel to Occupation Line

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16.00 17.00 The creeping occupation of Georgian territory by Russia

Open air discussion

Juli Minoves-Triquell PhD, LI President
Eduardo Montealegre MP, LI Vice-President, Nicaragua
Keit Pentus-Rosimannus MP, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, ERP, Estonia
Martin ngeby, Secretary-General of SILC, Sweden
17.00 18.00 Travel back to Mshketa
18.30 19.30 Debriefing and reflection on the study visit
Restaurant Mshketa

Tinatin Khidasheli, Minister of Defence, RPG, Georgia
Robert Woodthorpe Browne MBE, LI Vice-President, UK
20.00 - 21.30 Reception
Hosted by the Minister of Defence of Georgia
Restaurant Mshketa
21.30 Travel back to Tbilisi
Saturday 21 May
Venue: Holiday Inn Hotel
Registration: 09.00-09.30, Foyer
08.00 09.00 Secretariat Report
International Officers Dialogue with the LI Secretariat
Adjara Conference Hall
09.30 13.00 LI Executive Committee Administrative Session
(Delegates only)
Adjara Conference Hall
10.00 12.00 How to combat shrinking space of freedom due to policies which focus on
non-democratic and authoritarian ideologies
FNF Potsdam Process Working Session
(by invitation only)

Tinatin Khidasheli, Minister of Defence, Georgia (tbc)
Dan Kucawka, General Secretary UL, Argentina
Dr Rainer Adam, Regional Director of FNF South East Europe, Germany
Martin ngeby, Secretary-General of SILC, Sweden

Glass Meeting Room
13.00 14.00 Networking Lunch
(For registered participants)
Biscuit Lounge
14.00 15.30 The Iran agreement: A chance or danger to world security
Workshop (in parallel)

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Michael Aastrup Jensen MP, Member of PACE, Venstre, Denmark (Chair)
Abdulsalam Abdullah, Head of Eurasian desk, International Office, KDP,
Kurdistan
Annemie Neyts, LI Past President, Open VLD, Belgium
Dan Kucawka, Director of International Relations, National Security Ministry, UL,
Argentina

Adjara Conference Hall
14.00 15.30 Cyber-Security: how to deal with threats from abroad?
Ralf Dahrendorf Roundtable (in parallel)
Hosted by ELF

Welcome remarks:
Peter-Andreas Bochmann, Resident Representative, Friedrich Naumann
Foundation, South Caucasus
Dr Jrgen Martens, Vice-President of ELF, Germany (tbc)

Lennart Salemink, Political Adviser to the Minister of Infrastructure, VVD, the

Netherlands (moderator)
Keit Pentus-Rosimannus MP, former Foreign Minister, ERP, Estonia
Andro Gotsiridze, Head of the Cyber-Security Bureau of Georgia
Christian Scharling, former President of IFLRY, Radikale Venstre, Denmark

Living Room

15.45 17.15 Can the World Unite against Daesh?
Plenary workshop

Kerstin Lundgren MP, Member of PACE, Centerpartiet, Sweden (chair)
Jean-Jacques Flahaux MP, MR, Belgium
Ivlian Haindrava, Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia
Zozan Berwari, Head of International Organisations, Foreign Relations Office,
Kurdistan Democratic Party, Kurdistan
Mohamed Tamaldou, former President of the Arab Liberal Federation, Union
Constitutionelle, Morocco

Adjara Conference Hall
17.15 17.30 Break
17.30 19.00 THEME CONFERENCE:
Countering expansionism and revisionism of global security mechanisms

Keynote Speeches:
Dr Juli Minoves-Triquell, LI President
David Usupashvili, President of the Georgian Parliament

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Moderation:
Judith Pallars MP, Member of PACE, PLA, Andorra

Panellists:
Roman Jakic, former Minister of Defence, ALDE Party Bureau, Slovenia
Tinatin Khidasheli, Minister of Defence, Georgia
Keit Pentus-Rosimannus MP, former Foreign Minister, ERP, Estonia

Adjara Conference Hall
19.00 19.30 Concluding remarks of the Conference by:
Tinatin Khidasheli, Minister of Defence, Georgia

Adjara Conference Hall
19.30 Family photo
followed by Departure by bus to reception
20.00 22.00 RECEPTION
38th Anniversary of the Republican Party of Georgia

Closing remarks:
Dr Juli Minoves-Triquell, LI President, Andorra
Khatuna Samnidze, President of RPG, Georgia

Hosted by RPG
City Hall of Tbilisi
Sunday 22 May
Departure of participants
10.00 12.00 FNF Potsdam Process Working Session: The Future of the European Union and
the Perspective of Countries of Eastern Partnership
(by invitation only)

Speakers:
Dr Jrgen Martens, Vice President of ELF, Brussels (tbc)

Statements:
Aram Manukyan MP, Speaker, ANC, Armenia
Maia Panjikidze, Former Foreign Minister, Free Democrats, Georgia
Arif Hajili, Chairman, Musavat Party, Azerbaijan

Betsys Hotel
11.00 15.00 Cultural Programme Visit to Georgian Vinery
Optional and self-financed

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