Shalva Papuashvili on Tamar Taliashvili: It is important that consent on this decision has been received from the US President's administration - this appointment is a basis for optimism that relations between the two countries can be reset

I would like to congratulate Tamar Taliashvili on her appointment as Ambassador to the United States - it is important that this decision, consent has been received from the US President's administration. It is also important that Georgia is represented in the United States by an Ambassador, the Speaker of the Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, to journalists.

As he noted, the appointment of a Georgian Ambassador to the United States is a basis for optimism that relations between the two countries can be reset.

“I would like to congratulate Tamar Taliashvili on her appointment as Ambassador to the United States. She was our colleague who had a successful career in Parliament, and before that, she worked quite successfully in the Sakrebulo and then in the Council of Europe.

It is important that this decision, consent has been received from the US President's administration. Of course, it is important that Georgia is represented in the United States by an ambassador. This gives us renewed optimism that relations can be reset, and we remain committed to the proposal that we have been talking about for some time - we want a true strategic partnership with the United States, based on the national interests of both nations. So, Tamar Taliashvili, as an ambassador, is the best candidate in this regard and I am glad that she will be Georgia’s representative in the United States,” Papuashvili said.

For information, according to the June 9 decree of the Government of Georgia, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze nominated Tamar Taliashvili's candidacy to Mikheil Kavelashvili for appointment to the position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the United States of America.