Friday, December 5, 2025

Georgia snubs German diplomat over alleged Nazi comment

Nino Kalandadze, spokesperson for Georgia's foreign ministry, says it is categorically unacceptable of a German diplomat to say that Georgia should "admit its mistakes towards enemies and victims, as Nazi Germany did in its time". Dieter Boden denies having said it. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia has broken off relations with a distinguished German diplomat, alleging he compared the Saakashvili regime to Nazi Germany.

Dieter Boden, who negotiated a peace plan for how to solve the conflict with breakaway Abkhazia ten years ago, told

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Abkhazian leader asks EU, don't try to teach us how to live

"Don't teach us how to live," says Abkhazia's de facto leader, Alexandre Ankvab to the EU.

TBILISI, DFWatch – The leader of the Georgian breakaway republic Abkhazia asks the EU not to teach Abkhazians how to live.

“You can get blind from brilliant ideas of the international diplomacy, but they are not for Abkhazia. Our request is don’t teach us how to live.

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