Shortly before her dismissal was announced, Zourabichvili resigned from the French foreign service, which had continued to pay her a salary while she was minister, and announced that she would remain in Georgia to go into politics.
Pouco antes do anuncio do seu despedimento, Zurabishvili dimitiu do servizo exterior francés, que seguira pagándolle un salario mentres era ministra e anunciou que permanecería en Xeorxia para adicarse á política.