Georgian Parliament official says Tamar Taliashvili’s appointment as Georgia’s Ambassador to US “first practical step” toward renewal of relations

Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chair of the Regional Policy and Self-Government Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Tuesday assessed Tamar Taliashvili’s appointment as Georgia’s Ambassador to the United States as the first practical step toward renewal of relations between Tbilisi and Washington.

In his interview with Imedi TV, Kadagishvili noted that the Government was waiting for the arrival of the new American Ambassador to the country, which in his opinion would create a working, fruitful platform for the renewal of these strategic relations.

“We expect a qualitative renewal of Georgian-American relations, and in this direction, it can be considered that the first practical step is that Georgia will have a new Ambassador to the United States, and we also expect the arrival of a new American Ambassador to Georgia, which will create a kind of working, fruitful platform for the renewal of these strategic relations. These are the expectations and the first steps that give us concrete hope on the path of this expectation, Kadagishvili said.

The Government of Georgia on Tuesday officially nominated Tamar Taliashvili for the position of Ambassador of Georgia to the United States, submitting her candidacy to the President of Georgia for approval, as outlined in a decree published on the Government’s official website.