Overview

• The Foreign Ministry in Tbilisi accused Ambassador Peter Fischer of promoting a “radical agenda” and warned him against interfering in internal affairs.
• Berlin rejected the accusations as baseless, and Fischer called his summons a “new low” in bilateral relations.
• A joint statement from 26 EU embassies and the EU delegation denied supporting violence or extremism and defended engagement with civil society and opposition figures.
• Georgia’s 1TV reported that the UK ambassador was also summoned, widening a diplomatic dispute days before the 4 October municipal elections.
• The escalation follows a year of crackdowns on pro‑European opponents, frozen NGO accounts, and suspended EU accession efforts as the government signals a pivot toward Russia.