In the first week of October, in the framework of visit in Netherlands, Irakli Petriashvili held the meetings with the Governmental officials of Netherlands.

In particular, the President of GTUC met the Minister of Economy, the Minister of Cooperation and Development, the President of International Trade Union Confederation, the leader of trade union of Netherlands, the president of Employers’ Association of Netherlands’s.

“Unfortunately, Employers’ Association of Netherlands’s isn’t able to find a partner in Georgia, in spite of their attempts. I have talked to the president of this organization and he is very concerned that he is still seeking for the independent partner in Georgia that won’t give applauds to Georgian government. They had cooperated with one of the organization, but they refused for further cooperation for the reason that mentioned organization seemed to be the representative of the Government. It’s meaningful for me that this business association addressed to GTUC willing to find a partner in Georgia.” – said Irakli Petriashvili.

European partners, like large scaled business representatives, are concerned about the pressure on Georgian Trade Unions Confederation and existing pseudo-liberal relationships, discriminative attitude towards trade unions, as an institute, that is democratic avant-garde in successful countries.