Gocha Javakhishvili appointed as Georgia’s new ambassador to France
Georgia’s former ambassador to France Tea Katukia submitted her resignation letter to the foreign minister on May 1, 2022. Photo: Gocha Javakhishvili/Facebook
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Georgian diplomat Gocha Javakhishvili has been appointed as Georgia’s new ambassador to France, the foreign ministry confirmed to agenda.ge on Tuesday.
Ipress, a local news agency, has recently disseminated this information, noting that Javakhishvili had contributed to the handover of the historical Leuville estate to Georgia after 89 years, which was officially signed on September 23, 2016.
Georgia’s former ambassador to France Tea Katukia submitted her resignation letter to the foreign minister on May 1, 2022.
Matters of cooperation and partnership between Georgia and France were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili and French ambassador Diego Colas, as the latter’s term representing his country in Georgia is coming to a close.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday welcomed the “particularly close and friendly” relations based on “mutual trust, respect and common European values” between Georgia and France in his message congratulating the French people on their National Day.
France’s Leuville Estate returned to Georgia after 89 years (MAP)
An important historic milestone for Georgia was reached in France earlier today when a document was signed officially transferring the Leuville Estate back to Georgia after 89 years.
Dynamics of the existing relationship between Georgia and France and prospects for deepening it were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between the Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili and Gocha Javakhishvili, the newly appointed ambassador to France.
Georgia's culture ministry has unveiled the design of a traditional Georgian house that will be built in the historical Leuville estate near Paris to host cultural events, archives and a library, in the latest development in plans for the estate that housed the government in exile of Georgia's first democratic republic following the Soviet invasion of the country in 1921.
Gotcha Javakhishvili, Georgia’s newly appointed Ambassador to France, on Thursday stressed “a lot of work” was being done for restoring the historic Leuville estate in the country and its items of historical significance, in a response to a social media post that appeared to show photographs of disorderly conditions and negligence over items at the venue on Monday.