State Ministry for Reconciliation and Civic Equality of Georgia

The office was established on January 24, 2008 by Presidential Decree No. 33 effectively replacing State Ministry on Conflict Resolution Issues. On February 8, 2008, office of the minister was created and all of its statutes approved by Resolution No. 23. Its first minister Temur Iakobashvili was appointed on January 31, 2008. After establishment of the agency, Georgian officials proposed a peace format "3+1" (Russia, North Ossetia–Alania, separatist authorities of South Ossetia and Georgia) through "2+2+2" format, where conflict resolution negotiations would be held in three levels. The first level was proposed to include local leaders of the Tskhinvali separatist authorities and Dmitry Sanakoyev's Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia. The second level was to include Russian and Georgia as international legal parties to the conflict and the third level was to involve OSCE and the EU as neutral international mediating parties. Both Russia and South Ossetian separatist authorities rejected the proposal. ==Structure==

Main functions of the agency are providing political support for both Georgian–Ossetian and Georgian–Abkhazian conflict resolutions, initiating new peace proposals and assisting with reintegration of breakaway regions and its Abkhazian, Ossetian and Georgian population with the rest of Georgia. The office also facilitates the process of creating necessary preconditions for a full scale resolution of the conflicts including reactivation of Georgian-Ossetian and Georgian-Abkhaz relations. Among main aims of the agency were involving European Neighborhood Program, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe rehabilitation programs and European Union as chief mediator in the peaceful conflict resolution process. ==Ministers==

State Ministers of Conflict Resolution Issues • Giorgi Khaindrava, 2004–2006 • Merab Antadze, 2006–2007 • David Bakradze, 2007–2008 State Ministers for Reintegration • Temur Iakobashvili, 2008–2010 • Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili, 2010–2012 • Paata Zakareishvili, 2012–2014 State Ministers for Reconciliation and Civic Equality • Paata Zakareishvili, 2014–2016 • Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, 2016–2020 • Tea Akhvlediani, 2020– ==See also==