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What have you done when the school was
over?
I returned to my country Georgia after having
completed my nine years lasting higher education.
I first started work at the International Law
Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I
transferred to the Ministry of Justice after one year.
I was the Head of the Chamber of Legislation at the
Georgian Ministry of Finance in 2002 and acted
as the General Director of the Georgian Railways
in year 2004. I became the Georgian President’s
representative in Adjara Autonomous Republic

Can you introduce yourself to us? Where and on the 7th of May, 2004. I started the mission
when were you born? of the Adjara Autonomous Republic’s Head of
I was born in Batumi in 1972. I am the second male Government on 20th of July, 2004 as the nominee
child of my family. I had my education until the presented by the Georgian president and upon the
approval of the Adjara Republic High Council.
end of high school in Batumi. Later on, I had taken
International Law education in Kiev University in
Ukraine. I have also completed my postgraduate “The spring is understood
and doctoral degrees in the same school.
from the arrival

Why justice? of the swallows”
My grandfather was a prominent lawyer in Batumi.
I must have been affected by him during my
How do you evaluate the neighborhood relations
childhood. This situation has an important effect between Turkey and Georgia?
in my preference.
We observe that a long way have been advanced
when compared to the past. Once upon a time, it
How would you describe yourself as a student?
was even forbidden neither to approach the Sarp
I was successful and hardworking. I remember
border gate nor to use this gate. My father was the
that I was a little bit naughty. I was a self confident head of the Ministerial Cabinet of Adjara region
and free spirited child. I often fled from school
and I travelled twice to Sarp during my childhood.
during the nursery school. Once upon a time
I was warned each time not even to look at the
when we went to an excursion, I departed secretly direction of the gate. And the point we have
from the student group and went to my father’s reached nowadays from the beginning is obvious.
working place. This had been the final straw. My Now, there is a very nice amity and mutual good
family drew me from that school and sent me to relations between the two countries. Our goal is
a disciplined Russian School. But since I was to make these relations much nicer and develop
staggering in that school since I hadn’t known any them.
Russian, I fled from that school as well.
The folks of the two countries, especially the
Did you have any plans for the future when you Georgians living in Batumi and the people of
started the university or was it your priority Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey are like
goal to finish the school? brothers. We already know that you have
Of course I had. My all imagination was to become efforts to make this intimacy. Can you please
a diplomat, but it was even not easy to imagine tell us about these efforts?
this during that period. We are talking of the 1990 As you said, people of the same region are living
years which were all unsettled proceedings and in in both countries. One part of some families are is
which very great troubles were experienced. living in one country while the other part is living

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