Tbilisi. The Tolerance and Diversity Institute has released a statement on funding of religious confessions. "The Institute believes that in view of the need to protect the constitutional principles of secularity, freedom of religion and equality of rights, it is crucial that the Government of Georgia stops making decisions on religious minorities in a "closed regime". At the same time, we urge the Government to launch consultations with a wide spectrum of religious unions, Public Defender and CSOs working on the protection of freedom of religion, and, as a result of consultations, to (a) revise already made decisions upon need and (b) to promote civil integration in Georgia and improve the tolerant environment, to develop a strategy of relations with religious unions," says the statement.

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