Time in Tbilisi: April 23, 2024 10:26
Georgian President-elect Salome Zurabishvili had told the international media that Russia has to be held accountable for its aggression in Georgia and Ukraine.
She told Israeli i24NEWS that the international community should take active steps to terminate Russia’s occupation of Georgian and Ukrainian territories as the two countries should not live under permanent threat.
She told the i24NEWS and Euronews that the EU and NATO are her and the Georgian people’s choice, inscribed in the constitution, and she, as a former French and European diplomat, will use all her contacts and levers to boost fast integration into Euro-Atlantic structures.
She spoke about Black Sea stability initiated by “Georgia’s very important partner, NATO” and Georgia’s role in the preservation of peace in the region.
Zurabishvili also mentioned “very strong” Georgia-Israeli ties and said that the nations could further boost their cooperation in the defence field.
The US government is looking forward to working with Georgian President-elect Salome Zurabishvili, Robert Palladino, deputy spokesperson of the US Department of State said yesterday.
France is ready to cooperate with Georgia’s newly elected president Salome Zurabishvili to strengthen relations between the two countries, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite have also congratulated Zurabishvili on her election as President of Georgia.
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.
Winning presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili says that she will visit European states on her first official visits after her inauguration in the role.
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.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian came to Georgia today to attend the inauguration ceremony of the fifth president of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, where he expressed readiness to cooperate with her and her administration.
After taking the presidential oath in the historic castle of Telavi Salome Zurabishvili has been sworn in as the fifth and first ever female president of Georgia.
Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia has thanked the police for showing restraint when dealing with opposition activists yesterday on inauguration day.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili walked to the Atoneli Palace in central Tbilisi today on her first working day and told journalists that “I am very happy to be here.”
A cordon made by policewomen during a noisy trial of opposition member David Kirkitadze in the Gurjaani court in eastern Georgia has stirred more controversies that the trial itself.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has nominated some of her advisors today and stated that the team is expected to grow in the future.
The Georgian presidential administration is undergoing a staff restructuring, which will cut the number of employees within the body to 60.
Recently elected President Salome Zurabishvili has held her first meeting with the media, during which she spoke about her foreign policy priorities and answered journalists’ questions on the most controversial domestic or international issues.
Newly elected Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has met with Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze on their first working meeting today.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has left for Brussels, Belgium on her first official trip, where she will hold high-level meetings at the headquarters of the EU and NATO, the president’s administration has reported.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, currently on her first official trip in Brussels, has stated that the Georgian diaspora should have a representative in the Georgian parliament, which will increase the involvement of Georgians living abroad in the country’s internal issues.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili says that a new political format should be created regarding the country’s conflict issues, as existing formats are ineffective to discuss and respond to the severe problem of the occupation.