A delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will visit Tbilisi on September 24-25 to assess situation ahead of the October 27 presidential election.

The six-member delegation, led by Meritxell Mateu Pi (Andorra) from Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE); Andres Herkel (Estonia) from the European People’s Party; John Tomlinson (UK) from Socialist Group (SOC); Christopher Chope (UK) from European Democrat Group (EDG); Vassiliy Likhachev (Russia) from the group of the Unified European Left (UEL) and Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia) from SOC, who is PACE’s co-rapporteur for the monitoring of Georgia.

The delegation will meet country’s leadership and presidential candidates, as well as chairperson of the Central Election Commission, representatives of civil society and media.