Georgia appoints new ambassadors to Turkey, Jordan, Latvia and Austria
President Giorgi Margvelashvili signed the decrees on appointing new ambassadors today.
Photo: President's press office.
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Georgia has appointed new ambassadors to four countries: Turkey, Jordan, Latvia and Austria.
The President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili appointed all four ambassadors today.
Georgia’s new ambassador for Austria is Davit Dondua, who will also be the country’s representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and other Vienna-based organisations. Dondua recently served as the deputy foreign minister of Georgia.
Giorgi Janjgava, who previously was the ambassador to Saudi Arabia will now serve as ambassador to Turkey.
Zaza Kandelaki is Georgia’s new ambassador to Jordan. Previously he was ambassador of Georgia to Hungary.
And finally, Tea Maisuradze is the new ambassador to Latvia. Previously, she served as the head of the Department of International Organisations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The ambassadorial candidates were nominated for confirmation by Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze. President Giorgi Margvelashvili signed the respective decrees today.
Austrian Ambassador to Georgia Arad Benko says that the efforts of the Georgian Dream government to transform the country into a regional, financial, logistic, trade and tourism hub are successful.
Georgian and Turkish Justice Ministers have agreed to create a group to timely respond to extradition, children kidnaping, prisoner handover and prisoners’ rights protection issues.
Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze met with the Jordanian Senate President Faisal Al-Fayez today. The two leaders spoke of enhancing bilateral cooperation between their countries.
A Georgian cultural centre will be launched on a plot of land gifted by Jordan’s royal family to the country, with the location near the baptism site of Jesus Christ marking a “return to the holy land”, prime minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Wednesday.
The Georgian government will set up a commission for developing the concept for a Georgian cultural centre near the site of the baptism of Jesus Christ in Jordan, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Monday.