Georgia appoints new ambassador to Ukraine

Former Director of the Political Department of Georgian Foreign Ministry Giorgi Zakarashvili has been appointed as Georgia’s new Ambassador of Ukraine.

Zakarashvili was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Georgian Interests Section at the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation in Russia in 2016-2019 , while in 2007-2011 he held the position of Senior Advisor there.

Giorgi Zakarashvili was the Head of the Central Asian Relations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia In 2011-2012.

Zakarashvili worked in the Global Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia in 2007.

At various times Zakarashvili has worked at the CIS and Peaceful Caucasus Affairs State Bureau. He also worked at Tbilisi City Hall.

The Acting Ambassador of Georgia to Ukraine was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on October 1 over the issue of recently detained ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who is a Ukrainian citizen.

The ministry demanded an explanation from the acting ambassador of Georgia why Saakashvili was detained in Georgia.

• Georgian ambassador to Ukraine recalled to Tbilisi as ex-President Saakashvili appointed to post in Ukraine

Former Georgian Ambassador to Ukraine Teimuraz Sharashenidze was recalled to Tbilisi last year after former President Mikheil Saakashvili became chair of the executive committee of the Ukrainian National Reforms Council.