On November 20 and 21, 2025, the Public Defender of Georgia, Levan Ioseliani, held a meeting with members of the Council of National Minorities and representatives of national minorities at the Public Defender's Office.

The meeting discussed the problems facing national minorities, the report on the activities of the Public Defender's Office, and the main findings of the Public Defender's Office.

Representatives of the Public Defender's Office spoke about the integration of national minorities and their participation in the decision-making process, as well as their access to education - challenges in the process of introducing bilingual education at the stage of early and preschool education, as well as general education. Attention was focused on the popularization of state language teaching, access to higher education, health care services and the media. The rights of prisoners representing national minorities were also discussed.

Within the framework of the meeting, members of the Council of National Minorities operating under the Public Defender and representatives of national minorities provided the Public Defender's Office with information about the challenges facing national minorities and the views of representatives of national minorities.

The meeting was held within the framework of the European Union project "Support to the Public Defender's Office of Georgia" (DAI).