President Giorgi Margvelashvili expressed hope that government members will attend his annual state of the nation address in Parliament in Kutaisi in February.

Government members were not present at President Margvelashvili’s first annual address in Parliamet last year.

“I hope that last year’s occurrence, when the government was not able to be present at the presidential address, will not reoccur this year, because it brought nothing good either to our state or to the image of our state internally or internationally,” President Margvelashvili said on January 13.

“I hope that although the Parliament is in Kutaisi, the government will find time to be present at this address,” he said.