Foreign leaders, states send kind wishes to Georgian president-elect
Salome Zurabishvili has become the fifth president of Georgia. Photo: Salome Zurabishvili’s press office.
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Foreign leaders and countries continue to congratulate Georgian President-elect Salome Zurabishvili on her victory.
Maiía Fernanda Espinosa Garces, president of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly, tweeted that she is always happy to the growing roles of women in power.
My heartfelt congratulations to #salomezurabishvili on being elected Georgia’s first female president. Always encouraging to see growing roles of #WomenInPower. #UN4ALL #GenderEquality #WomenInPolitics
— UN GA President (@UN_PGA) November 29, 2018
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko stated that he waited for further enhancement of the two countries’ relations under the new president.
The UK Foreign Minister Sir Alan Duncan congratulated Zurabishvili on her victory and welcomed her determination to bring society together.
Congratulations to Salome Zourabichvili, elected as Georgia’s next President. The #UK & #Georgia are strategic partners. I welcome the President-elect’s determination to bring society together and to uphold the democratic standards which the people of Georgia demand and deserve.
— Sir Alan Duncan MP (@AlanDuncanMP) November 29, 2018
Armenian President called the elections “historic.”
Congratulations to Salome #Zourabichvili! Your election as the first female president of #Georgia ????????is, indeed, a historic event and I sincerely wish that your term of office will be marked by continuous uplift and prosperity in the history of Georgia. pic.twitter.com/djcGg7lLF1
— Nikol Pashinyan (@NikolPashinyan) November 29, 2018
Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrel Fontelles also released his kind wishes to Zurabishvili on Twitter.
#Spain congratulates President-elect of #Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, the first female Head of State in #SouthernCaucasus.
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) November 29, 2018
Turkey welcomed the successful conduct of the second round of the presidential elections in Georgia and hoped the results of the elections will be beneficial for the people of Georgia.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier also congratulated Zurabishvili on her winning in the "democratic elections," and stated that he is sure under her presidency Georgia will continue successful integration into the western structures.
Winning presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili says that she will visit European states on her first official visits after her inauguration in the role.
The Georgian Central Election Commission has released the final results of the presidential elections. The commission has stated that 100 per cent of votes have been counted. Zurabishvili received 1,147,627 votes, while Vashadze-780,633.
Imedi TV and opposition-minded Rustavi 2 private broadcasters have released the outcomes of exit polls, both saying that the Georgian Dream ruling party endorsed presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili has won the elections.
1,662,453 voters, accounting for 47.31% of the total number of voters, cast their ballots in the presidential runoff by 5 p.m., three hours before the polling stations will be closed, announces the Central Election Commission (CEC).
EU Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell has extended his congratulations to Salome Zurabishvili on her election as president of Georgia, and stated that he is looking forward to cooperate closely with her in the future.
Opposition coalition Strength in Unity is protesting the results of the Georgian presidential election which resulted in the victory of pro-government candidate Salome Zurabishvili on Rustaveli Avenue.
Outgoing President Giorgi Margvelashvili waited for the president-elect and first female in the role Salome Zurabishvili outside the Avlabari presidential palace to greet her and invite her inside the building for the discussions.
Funding for the Presidential Administration of Georgia has been reduced by almost 4 million GEL and will be 6 million GEL in 2019.
The inauguration ceremony of president elect Salome Zurabishvili will be held in the eastern town of Telavi on 16 December.
A 30-person commission will be tasked with organising the inauguration ceremony of president-elect Salome Zurabishvili, a decree signed by Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze reads.
Grigol Vashadze, the opposition candidate in the Georgian presidential elections who lost, will not attend the inauguration ceremony of the new president.
Former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy will come to Georgia to attend the inauguration ceremony of Georgian president-elect Salome Zurabishvili on Sunday, Georgian IPN news agency reports.