Administration of the President publishes a statement regarding the “Ambassadors’ Conference 2022”.

“The President welcomes the participants of the ambassadorial, thanks the diplomatic corps of Georgia for their activities during the period full of the most difficult challenges and wishes all Georgian diplomats a successful New Year.

For the President of Georgia, the embassy is the most important forum in relations with the diplomatic corps of Georgia. Despite this, the President did not participate in the opening event of the 2022 Ambassadors’ Conference.

According to the Constitution of Georgia, the President is the head of the state of Georgia. The Constitution gives the highest status to the institution of the President in relation to all other state institutions.

Based on the above, gross violations of the generally recognized and established rules of state and diplomatic protocol are not allowed in the events of state institutions, especially at the main diplomatic conference organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

Such a violation, unfortunately, took place at the opening event of the Ambassadors’ Conference and was expressed by the host of the event in not assigning the appropriate place for the President during her participation in the conference.

The Administration of the President of Georgia also considers it important to inform the public about the appointment of ambassadors by the President.

Six months after filing a lawsuit in the Constitutional Court regarding the constitutionality of the inaction of the President regarding the appointment and dismissal of Georgian ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions, the Presidential Administration doesn’t have any information regarding this process”, - reads the statement.