The government of Georgia bans the president from official visits to a number of countries, including Ukraine

The government of Georgia has banned the country's president from official visits to Ukraine, Switzerland, Poland, Belgium, Denmark, the United Arab Emirates, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Israel.

This was reported by the government's press service on its Facebook page.

Salome Zourabichvili's visit to Ukraine was to take place on August 22-24.

She was due to visit Switzerland on September 16, Bulgaria on September 27-29, Poland on October 2-3, Belgium on October 4-6, Denmark from October 31 to November 2, the UAE on December 1-2, the Czech Republic on December 10-12, and Israel on December 20.

According to the Georgian constitution, the President of Georgia exercises representative powers in foreign relations only with the consent of the government.