Friday, December 5, 2025

Georgian president picks former GIPA colleague as new NSC secretary

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Davit Rakviashvili (left) and Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili on Monday named Davit Rakviashvili, an old colleague at a media and public relations school in Tbilisi, as new secretary of Georgia’s National Security Council.

The friendship between the two go back 30 years,

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Georgian Security Council secretary resigns, as promised

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Giga Bokeria has resigned as Secretary of Georgia’s National Security Council. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Secretary of Georgia’s National Security Council, Giga Bokeria, has resigned a few days before the inauguration of the new president.

Bokeria’s letter of resignation is dated November 15 and addressed to the president’s administration, which says

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New law will bar some Georgians from leaving the country

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Irina Imerlishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian citizens may be barred from leaving the country because of state interests, and may not even be able to know the real reason for it, even by going to court.

Members of the Georgian Dream coalition, who are the authors of the draft bill, say

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