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near future. Among them are graduates of the 48
English-language Master’s Program at the TSU the
Institute for European Studies (IES), which was in In
established by the European Union in 2007. One Scie
of them is a 37-year-old diplomat, lawyer, tak
Master of European Studies, Tarash Papaskua, lang
who is currently representing our country in the plan
Republic of Korea as the Extraordinary and tran
Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Georgia since Info
November 2022. He is currently studying Korean
and believes that within the next three years, he
will be able to speak it at least on a
conversational level. Meanwhile, he hopes that
his two children, who live with him and his wife
in Seoul, will learn the Korean language better
than he does.

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Tarash graduated from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi

State University, Faculty of Law in 2007, with a
Bachelor’s degree in Law (International Law) and
from the IES English Language Program of the
Institute for European Studies at TSU with a
Master’s degree in European Studies.

A graduate of TSU, he began his career in the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Before
becoming Ambassador to the Republic of Korea,
he held the positions of Third, Second and First
Secretary of the Department for International
Organizations; he worked as an advisor in the
Embassy of Georgia to the Republic of Poland, as
well as in the Embassy of Georgia to the
Republic of Austria and in the Permanent
Representation of Georgia to the OSCE and
Other International Organizations in Vienna; in
2019-2022, he served as the Head of the
Department for Trade Development and
International Economic Relations of the Ministry
of Economy and Sustainable Development of
Georgia.

What made Tarash Papaskua interested in Tbilisi

State University in general and the Institute for
European Studies (IES) in particular? To what
extent did the knowledge and contacts he
gained at Tbilisi State University contribute to
his career advancement? Tarash Papaskua will
answer these and other questions.

- In 2003, I was in the United States on an

exchange program, where I finished my
secondary education. I wanted to continue my
studies and get a higher education in the U.S.,
for which I had all the prerequisites. However,
due to various circumstances, I had to pursue
my higher education in Georgia. Before the
entrance exams, as a newcomer from America, I
had a clear interest in the field of international
law and I did not even think about any other
choice - Tbilisi State University is really
distinguished by its history and tradition. In this
regard, its foreign language department was in
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line 1 Ilia
with my Tchavtchavadze Avenue, Academic
interests.
Building I, 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia. Phone: (+995 32) 2 25 04
It was at the university that my desire to
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promote Georgia’s integration into the European
space was formed and strengthened. This is
what connected me with the Institute for
European Studies and its two-year, English-
language Master’s program, which proved to be
very interesting and meaningful for me. I am
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