Germany summons Georgian envoy over aggressive rhetoric against Berlin’s own ambassador in Tbilisi
The summons came a week after Georgia summoned Germany’s Ambassador Peter Fischer.
The summons came a week after Georgia summoned Germany’s Ambassador Peter Fischer.
The summons comes amidst an ongoing escalation in negative rhetoric from the Georgian Dream government against Western ambassadors.
Parliamentary speaker Shalva Papuashvili has repeatedly accused German Ambassador Peter Fischer of supporting violence against the government.
Peter Fischer has frequently been the target of harsh reactions from Georgian authorities due to his criticism of Georgian Dream policies.
Former German MP Eduard Lintner was handed a nine-month suspended prison sentence by a Munich court.
The leaders of France, Germany, and Poland condemned ‘all activities of the Georgian authorities resulting in the democratic backsliding.’
The spat appears to have originated from a now deleted Instagram post from the German president containing the Nagorno-Karabakh flag.