Tarash Papaskua has been dismissed from his role as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Korea. He states that he will be leaving the diplomatic service and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after December 22.
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Papaskua has served as an ambassador since 2022. The decree regarding his early dismissal was issued by Georgian Dream President Mikheil Kavelashvili on December 4. Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze formally submitted the proposal to him.
“Over the past two years, our diplomatic efforts have significantly weakened, and Georgia’s image has been considerably damaged,” Tarash Papaskua notes in a Facebook post summarising his work as an ambassador.
The ambassador highlights key achievements, including the resumption of direct Seoul-Tbilisi charter flights following the COVID-19 pandemic, the successful finalisation of a free trade agreement, and the accreditation of the Korean diplomatic mission in Tbilisi as an embassy.
“Additionally, it is significant that in June 2025, Korea, for the first time in 17 years, supported the UN General Assembly resolution on the status of internally displaced persons and refugees from the occupied regions of Georgia,” Papaskua notes.
He expresses gratitude to former Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili for nominating him as an ambassador, as well as to his Korean colleagues and partners.
In November 2024, after Irakli Kobakhidze stated that the Georgian Dream decided not to put the issue of opening accession negotiations with the EU on the agenda until the end of 2028, Tarash Papaskua posted on Facebook: “We need more Europe and more NATO than ever; we need more solidarity and support from the free world!”
