Personnel changes have been implemented at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the ministry reports.

According to the agency, Konstantine Khidirbegishvili has been appointed Head of the Old Tbilisi Main Division of the Tbilisi Police Department; Giorgi Otarashvili has been appointed Director of the Kakheti Police Department; and Archil Makharadze has been appointed Director of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti Police Department.

The official statement reads:

Irakli Pipia, formerly Deputy Director of the Samegrelo–Upper Svaneti Police Department, has been appointed Director of the Samegrelo–Upper Svaneti Police Department;

Giorgi Otarashvili, formerly Head of the Isani–Samgori Main Division of the Tbilisi Police Department, has been appointed Director of the Kakheti Police Department;

Ivane Mchedlishvili, formerly Head of the Juvenile Affairs Main Division of the Tbilisi Police Department, has been appointed Director of the Racha–Lechkhumi and Lower Svaneti Police Department;

Archil Makharadze, formerly Head of the Old Tbilisi Main Division of the Tbilisi Police Department, has been appointed Director of the Mtskheta–Mtianeti Police Department;

Guram Zesashvili, formerly Director of the Samegrelo–Upper Svaneti Police Department, has been appointed Director of the Police Department of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia;

Irakli Gunava, formerly Deputy Head of the Vake–Saburtalo Main Division of the Tbilisi Police Department, has been appointed Head of the Isani–Samgori Main Division of the Tbilisi Police Department;

Konstantine Khidirbegishvili, formerly Deputy Head of the Vake–Saburtalo Main Division of the Tbilisi Police Department, has been appointed Head of the Old Tbilisi Main Division of the Tbilisi Police Department;

Irakli Getsadze, formerly Deputy Head of the Juvenile Affairs Main Division of the Tbilisi Police Department, has been appointed Head of the Juvenile Affairs Main Division of the Tbilisi Police Department.