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Georgian Health Minister Mikheil Sarjveladze on Saturday met with Lesley Bearman Lahm, the Asian Development Bank's Country Director for Georgia, and the bank's international team to discuss ongoing cooperation and future joint healthcare projects.

The Ministry said the meeting focused on the Health Sector Enhancement Programme, implemented with ADB support, which aims to improve the quality of medical services in Georgia.

The programme has supported key reforms, including the launch of primary healthcare reform, the development of the 2025-2027 Human Resources Action Plan for primary healthcare, the preparation of legal documents for the implementation of electronic medical records at the primary healthcare level, and action plans addressing heatwave-related public health risks and climate change adaptation in the healthcare sector.

Sarjveladze described the Asian Development Bank as one of the Ministry's key partners and said the body was ready to further strengthen cooperation.

ADB representatives welcomed the reforms already implemented and underway in Georgia's healthcare system and expressed readiness to provide even greater support in the future.

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Georgia's Central Criminal Police Department has arrested eight people, including citizens of Turkey and Japan, on charges related to the illegal purchase, possession, import and distribution of large quantities of narcotics, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Saturday.

The body added searches of the suspects and their residences, as well as investigative experiments, led to the seizure of large quantities of drugs allegedly prepared for sale, including cocaine, methadone, buprenorphine, methamphetamine, opium, amphetamine, marijuana, cannabis plants and nearly 300 pregabalin tablets.

The Ministry said some of the suspects were identified through a joint operation conducted by the Central Criminal Police Department and the Revenue Service's Customs Department, during which authorities substituted parcels addressed to the suspects and seized large quantities of narcotics as evidence.

Police also confiscated materials allegedly used for packaging drugs.

The charges carry penalties of up to 20 years' imprisonment or life in prison.

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