Minister of Foreign Affairs Grigol Vashadze of Georgia
On 15January 2009Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia GrigolVashadze received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Georgia Dr.
On January 15, 2009 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigol Vashadze received Charge dâAffaires of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Georgia Mr.
Gregory Vashadze met with the UN resident coordinator for Georgia Mr.
On January 15, 2009 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigol Vashadze received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to Georgia Itzhak Gerberg.
On January 14, 2009 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Gregory Vashadze met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to Georgia Mecys Laurinkus.
On 14 January of 2009 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigol Vashadze received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Italy to Georgia Vittorio Sandalli.
Grigol Vashadze has become the foreign minister, replacing Eka Tkeshelashvili, Prime Minister, Grigol Mgaloblishvili, announced at a briefing at about 7:30 local time on December 5.
Vashadze said Putin is trying to restore the Soviet Union and serves as an impediment to democratic movements in Europe.
Vashadze said that if the charter had been in effect five months ago, it might have prevented the fighting.
Vashadze was asked by reporters if his government had any assurances that the new administration would honor the document, and he replied that he was certain that it would.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said he believed the current administration consulted the incoming Obama administration on the document.
In an interview, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said he believed that the current administration consulted the incoming Obama administration on the.
Grigol Vashadze was speaking in Washington where Georgia and the US signed a strategic partnership charter.
WASHINGTON (RFE/RL) -- Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze has said the US.
former Culture Minister Grigol Vashadze was named to head the Foreign Ministry; former Economic Development Minister Eka Sharashidze was named to head the presidential administration; and former National Security Council Secretary Aleksandre Lomaia will, according to rumors circulating in Tbilisi, be named Georgia's ambassador to the UN to replace Irakli Alasania.
That hypothesis is based on the fact that Grigol Vashadze lived in Russia for a considerable time, and despite the conflict he has retained both Russian and Georgian citizenship and to this day maintains contact with influential circles in both countries.
Grigol Vashadze was appointed in December 2008 as Georgia's minister of foreign affairs.
Apparently there will be some changes, and Vashadze is the ideal person for contacts with Russia, he said.
for taking care of the Georgian people on the territory of Russia," Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said after a meeting with his Swiss counterpart Micheline Calmy-Rey.
Vashadze is also quoted as saying that the document was signed with the agreement of officials from the incoming administration of president-elect Barack Obama.
Vashadze said the agreement strengthens strategic relations between the two countries and brings Georgia closer to integrating with the West.
Vashadze said the signing marked a historic day for Georgia.
The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said that the increase of Russia’s military presence in South Ossetia is “a provocation,” adding that Russia aims at maintaining destabilization in Georgia to hamper its economic development and investments.
The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze has nominated Alexandre Lomaia, the secretary of National Security Council, and Baku Kutelia, the former deputy defense minister, as Georgian ambassadors to the UN and the United States, respectively.
Vashadze said his first visit to Azerbaijan was effective.
Vashadze said Georgia had "data from our NATO-standard radars" which prove the shooting took place.
On 5 August 2008 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigol Vashadze received Director of the Policy Planning Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia Tiit Matsulevit.
On 7 August 2008, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigol Vashadze received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Georgia Denis Keefe.
On 8 August 2008 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigol Vashadze received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Georgia John Teft.
Vashadze said that Turkey`s proposal was a significant step towards ensuring a lasting stability in the region, and extended his country`s support.
Georgia's Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze has said it would be awkward to have a diplomatic relationship with Russia, while Russia sets up diplomatic relations with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Grigol Vashadze is expected to meet his Azerbaijani counterpart as well as Azerbaijani President.
Vashadze is expected to meet with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammdyarov and Prime Minister Artur Rasizadeh.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said he believed the current administration consulted the incoming Obama administration on the document, but was not certain.
Vashadze said that the NATO-Georgia commission is an alternative and equally viable path to NATO as the membership action plan, sometimes called MAP.