Ilia Darchiashvili to be appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ilia Darchiashvili will be appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili announced the information at a briefing held at the Government Administration.

Until now, Darchiashvili has been the head of the Government Administration.

"I would like to present Ilia Darchiashvili, the former head of the Government Administration, to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs. Ilia has extensive experience working in the private and public sectors. He has excellent education, experience and I believe Ilia will be a successful Foreign Minister. Years ago he worked as the First Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development, before that he was the head of the Municipal Development Fund. He worked at the Polish Embassy and in recent years he was the Ambassador of Georgia to Poland for 4 years. I believe that Ilia will be a successful Foreign Minister and I wish him success. We face many challenges today. In this situation, naturally, we need to be active and in order to achieve our main national goal, on this path, of course, we need to work with attitude, we need to achieve all our strategic goals. Congratulations once again and good luck," Gharibashvili said.

As for Davit Zalkaliani, who has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs until now, he will be Georgia's Ambassador to the United States.