The Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili announced that after October elections, Georgia will appoint David Bakradze, the current Minister of European Integration, as a new ambassador to the United States, reports  Interfax .

Bakradze will replace Archil Gegeshidze. The Prime Minister of Georgia thanked Gegeshidze for his work. In summer of 2016, there broke out a scandal around the interview of Gegeshidze, in which he said that there are pro-Russian forces in Georgia's leadership. After that, the foreign ministry called Gegeshidze to provide explanations.