Published On 19/10/2025
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Germany temporarily recalled its ambassador to Georgia, Peter Fischer, for consultations due to what it called the incitement of the Georgian leadership against the European Union, Germany, and the ambassador.
The German Foreign Ministry said on the X platform: “For several months, the Georgian leadership has been inciting against the European Union, Germany, and German Ambassador Ernst Peter Fischer in a personal capacity.”
She added that the Foreign Ministry will discuss with its ambassador the next steps expected to be taken in this context, noting also that the European Union Foreign Affairs Council will discuss the Georgia issue tomorrow, Monday.
About two weeks ago, the Ministry protested to the Chargé d’Affairs of the Georgian Embassy in Berlin over the way the Georgian government dealt with the German ambassador.
The Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, accused Fischer of “interfering in the country’s internal affairs,” against the backdrop of the ambassador’s repeated public criticism of the course of the Georgian government, which he described as “tyrannical.”
The ambassador’s attendance at trial sessions of political opponents, in particular, caused dissatisfaction with the Georgian authorities, which prompted the Georgian Foreign Ministry in the capital, Tbilisi, to summon him to its headquarters at the end of last September.
Over the past months, officials from Georgia have accused Fischer and other ambassadors to the European Union of supporting attempts to overthrow the government in Tbilisi.
The authorities in Georgia launched a “crackdown” on pro-European Union opposition figures and protesters who took to the streets following the parliamentary elections last October, the results of which are still in dispute, and the subsequent government decision to halt talks on accession to the European Union.