Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
Zurab Abashidze

Education

1973 - Graduated from the Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages

Professional Experience

1974-1978 - First Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

1978-1980 - Attaché of the Soviet Consulate in Bombay;

1980-1984 - Head of the Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia;

1984-1988 - Adviser to the Embassy of the Soviet Union in Spain;

1993-2000 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Benelux countries and Head of the Georgian Mission to the European Union and NATO;

2000 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia;

2000-2004 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Russian Federation;

2012 - Appointed Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia

European Georgia chairman
Giga Bokeria
Minister of Justice of Georgia
Rati Bregadze
Former President of Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili
Kakha Kaladze: A certain part of our territories is occupied by Russia - there is a lot of work in this direction
Grigory Karasin: Russia is interested in pragmatic dialogue and the return of full-fledged mutually beneficial cooperation with Georgian partners
Giorgi Kajaia to be adviser to Prime Minister on relations with Russia, Zurab Abashidze to become adviser to Prime Minister
Zurab Abashidze: There is nothing scandalous in the audio recording, Karasin asked me for my opinion and I confirmed that it was not appropriate to start talking about the restoration of air traffic - the principle decision to restore flights was made by the Russian side independently
National Movement leaves the session of the Tbilisi City Council as a sign of protest
Paata Manjgaladze: If throwing eggs was barbarism, what is the name of destroying our historical, indigenous regions? This is a matter of honor and Zurab Abashidze should resign himself
Zurab Abashidze on the disseminated recording: I confirm that 2 years ago I had a telephone conversation with Mark Zilberkvit, but the content is cut, edited fake
Levan Bezhashvili: The leaked recording once again confirms the vassal attitude of the Georgian Dream government towards Putin's regime
Salome Samadashvili: If Tsulukiani wants to perform the functions of a prosecutor, she can start an investigation by interviewing Zurab Abashidze and asking him what happened to the paintings that were taken to Brussels when he was an ambassador
Zurab Abashidze: We discuss specific issues that are urgent for Georgia in the so-called Prague format - I categorically declare that it is a lie as if I were secretly conducting negotiations in Moscow in 2012-2022
US Ambassador: I think most Georgians are not interested in moving closer to Russia right now, while Russia continues to occupy 20% of your territory, while Russia continues to attack and brutally assault civilian schools and hospitals and cities in Ukraine
Lelo summons Zurab Abashidze to Parliament's Foreign Relations Committee
Giorgi Vashadze: The conversation between Zurab Abashidze and Grigory Karasin is a crime that the Georgian people will not tolerate
Zurab Abashidze: The record of my conversation with Karasin is authentic and I do not understand what is scandalous about it
Zurab Abashidze: Grigory Karasin noted regarding the so-called referendum to be held in Tskhinvali that Moscow is aware of Georgia's negative attitude and does not ignore it
According to Zurab Abashidze, the meeting between the Georgian-Russian expert groups was a private initiative and the Georgian state structures did not participate in it in any way
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