Administration of the President: Despite his appointment as Ambassador to the United Nations, Salome Zurabishvili's negative assessment of Davit Bakradze's work in the USA is still in effect and the President does not consider his appointment expedient

The Administration of the President confirms that Salome Zurabishvili signed the appointment of Davit Bakradze as the permanent representative of Georgia to the United Nations, however, according to them, the President's negative assessment of Bakradze's work in the United States is still in effect.

As the head of the Administration of the President of Georgia, Natia Sulava, states, the President does not consider it expedient to appoint Davit Bakradze as a permanent representative to the United Nations.

"The negative assessment of Mr. Davit Bakradze's work in the United States of America by the President of Georgia is still in effect. Therefore, the President of Georgia does not consider it expedient to appoint him as a permanent representative to the United Nations, when the war is going on in our neighboring and friendly country. The President has repeatedly stated this position both publicly and during informal consultations. As for the appointment of Mr. Davit Bakradze, he was appointed by the President's decree of August 30 to the position of permanent representative to the United Nations. It should also be noted that all the official nominations that were made to the President on behalf of the Government of Georgia (after her inauguration the number of such nominations amounted to 39), all 39 nominations were approved and all of them were appointed to the respective positions," Sulava said.

For information, Davit Bakradze, who served as the Ambassador of Georgia to the USA, will replace Kakha Imnadze as the head of the diplomatic mission in the United Nations.

The President of Georgia received the nomination of Davit Barkadze as Ambassador to the United Nations on July 15, however, Zurabishvili did not sign the appointment. As the President stated in one of the interviews, Bakradze "was the Ambassador for 5 years and did nothing".

"No high-level visit, no contacts, nothing - let him go somewhere else," the President said in the interview.

We remind you that the ruling team filed a lawsuit against the President in the Constitutional Court for refusing to appoint ambassadors.