Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili said on Friday that the representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Georgia are not invited to attend the opening session of the 11th convocation of the Parliament.

"As for the ambassadors, they are not invited to attend the opening session of the 11th convocation of the Parliament. This is our internal, state issue, as for the elections and the first session of the parliament. In order to minimize the wrong influence of foreigners, the involvement of ambassadors or other countries in this process is not necessary", - Papuashvili said.

As a rule, the representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Georgia are invited to attend the first session of the newly elected parliament.

On November 21, former Prime Minister of Georgia and the leader of Gakharia-For Georgia party Giorgi Gakharia held a briefing and called on the representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Georgia not to attend the opening session of the 11th convocation of the Parliament to show that "they don’t recognize the legitimacy of the fraudulent election results".