President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili will leave for Germany on August 31. According to the information released by the presidential administration, Salome Zurabishvili will hold a meeting with the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in Berlin.

"It is with this visit that the President of Georgia begins meetings with European leaders in support of granting Georgia the status of a candidate country for EU membership," the administration of the President said.

For information, the government administration released a statement on the issue of President Salome Zurabishvili's visit abroad, where it is stated that Salome Zurabishvili was refused a visit to Germany as well as to 9 other countries.