Berlin is recalling for consultations its ambassador to Georgia, Peter Fischer, after he became the target of attacks from the pro-Russia government of the South Caucasus country, the German foreign ministry announced on Sunday.
“For many months, the Georgian leadership has been agitating against the EU, Germany and also German Ambassador Fischer personally,” the Federal Foreign Office wrote on X in a post announcing the decision to recall the ambassador “for consultations on how to proceed.”
The situation in Georgia, which last December inaugurated its new President Mikheil Kavelashvili, a far-right firebrand and former footballer, amid claims his controversial election was a sham, is going to be discussed at a meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers on Monday.