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Parliament approves candidacy of Teymuraz Sharashenidze as Georgian ambassador to Azerbaijan

10 December 2010 14:13 (UTC +04:00)

Tbilisi. Nizami Mammadzadeh â€“ APA. Georgian parliament has considered the issue on the persons nominated by President Mikhail Saakashvili as ambassadors to eight countries including Azerbaijan. APAâ€™s Georgia bureau reports that the legislative body approved all candidates.

Teymuraz Sharashenidze, who was approved as ambassador to Azerbaijan, told APA that he will leave for Azerbaijan with great pleasure and pride.
â€œThis is the first time I give an interview to an Azerbaijani journalist. You are the first to congratulate me. I like to work with journalists,â€ he said.
He also gave information about himself.
â€œI was born in Tbilisi. I graduated from the Medical Institute. I am a candidate of medical sciences. I worked as chief of the department at the Georgian Soviet of Ministers. I have been in diplomatic service since 1995. I was secretary, consul at Georgian embassy in Turkey, first consul general of Georgia to Istanbul, first Georgian ambassador to Bulgaria. I am married, have three sons and one-year-old grandchild,â€ he said.

The diplomat said he has a lot of friends in Azerbaijan.
â€œI have been to Baku several times. I liked the city very much. The history of our friendship is ancient. Our strength is the friendship. I am very glad that our cooperation with Azerbaijan is extending day after day. Azerbaijan and Georgia are implementing a very great project. Azerbaijan is developing rapidly. I am glad that I will be Georgian ambassador to Azerbaijan. No doubt I will also protect the interests of Azerbaijan, as Georgia and Azerbaijan are strategic partners. There are intergovernmental agreements and other official documents about it. We have similar goals,â€ he said.

Teymuraz Sharashenidze knows Russian, Turkish, English, Bulgarian and Macedonian. He said he will be fluent in Azerbaijani within a few months.