Baku / 28.08.18 / Turan: According to the decree of the Georgian President, Zurab Pataradze has been appointed to the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Azerbaijan.
"On the basis of the 5th paragraph of Article 6 of the Law of Georgia "On the Diplomatic Service", to appoint Zurab Pataradze from August 29, 2018 to the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Azerbaijan," the order published in the Georgian press reads.
According to the same sources, earlier Pataradze was the head of the Adjara government. Before that, he worked as Georgia's Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Ambassador to Turkey, and Consul General to Greece. -02D-
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