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Westerwelle asks Georgia to stay its course

Georgia's Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze (left) and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (right) during a meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission in Brussels. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Germany’s foreign minister Guido Westerwelle says he hopes the change of government in Georgia won’t influence the country’s course towards NATO and the EU.

Westerwelle said this ahead of a meeting of the NATO-Georgia commission,

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Germany to help Georgia mend relations to Russia

German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle wants to help Georgia mend relations to Russia. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Germany wants to play a positive role in the process of restoring relations between Georgia and Russia, says Georgia’s Foreign Affairs Minister after meeting with her German colleague in Germany.

According to the foreign ministry, Foreign

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Westerwelle's visit and Georgia-Germany relations

Nika Chitadze is a political scientist and commentator.

The visit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany Guido Westerwelle to Tbilisi on March 15, 2012 represents an important event for the Germany-Georgia relations, taking into account the fact, that this visit coincides with the 20th anniversary

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What can we expect from Westerwelle's visit?

Levan Vepkhvadze is Vice Speaker of Parliament, representing the Christian Democrats. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

We have bad experience with a German Foreign Minister’s visits to Georgia. Former Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Georgia several weeks before the August war in 2008. He brought along a map with several points for how to solve the Abkhazian conflict.

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The Subtle Art of Realpolitik

Tedo Japaridze is former foreign minister of Georgia and works for the Georgian Dream movement.

Guido Westerwelle, a German Foreign Minister, a distinguished and energetic German politician, will soon be visiting Georgia. A visit by the German Foreign Minister in any corner of Europe these days is a significant event, writes former Georgian foreign minister, Ted

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