On October 5-9, 2026, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the United Republic of Tanzania (with residence in Addis Ababa) and Permanent Representative to the African Union Mr. Gia Matcharadze, participated in the 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Arusha, Tanzania, alongside the Georgian delegation led by the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, H.E. Mr. Shalva Papuashvili.