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EU envoy sparks outrage in Tbilisi by congratulating Russia-backed separatist leader

Herbert Salber (left). (Photo published by South Ossetia’s de facto president.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A European Union official congratulating the leader of a Russian-backed breakaway republic on winning the election has caused a diplomatic scandal in Tbilisi.

Herbert Salber, a German diplomat who is the EU’s special representative to South Caucasus

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