On April 8, Georgian Parliament unanimously approved Irakli Kavtaradze as an ambassador of Georgia to Azerbaijan.
He served as a Secretary on Foreign Relations of the ruling United National Movement Party and is a member of the Georgian Parliament. He is also the deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee on foreign relations.
Appointed in the end of last year, the Georgian ambassador to Azerbaijan Ivan Noniashvili never assumed his duties as head of the diplomatic mission, writing a resignation.