#OTD 13 Aug 1961: #Berlin #Wall began, dividing my hometown. I was there when it fell in 1989. East German Communists had said:" No one has the intention of building a wall." Lessons: 1. Don't believe it, until the dictator denies it. 2. Walls don't last. Freedom wins ✌🏽

Statement of 24 diplomatic missions on the sentencing of 🇬🇪 journalist Mzia Amaglobeli. Co-signed by: 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇨🇦 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🇪🇪 🇪🇺 🇫🇮 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇸 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇱🇺🇳🇱 🇳🇴 🇵🇱 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇸🇪 🇺🇦 🇬🇧

🇬🇪 in Frankfurter Allgemeine - a 🇩🇪 "newspaper of record", i.e. widely read and cited. Title: The Fairy Tale of the Evil Ambassador: ⬇️ zeitung.faz.net/fas/politik/20…

Solidarity with courageous "Independent Professional Union of Public Servants – Article 78 of the Constitution" founded to protect rights of 🇬🇪 public servants dismissed/discriminated en-masse for support of 🇬🇪 "Euro-Atlantic Integration". No to fear & intimidation in 🇬🇪.

Ukrainians are most courageously defending themselves against Russia’s attacks. They are fighting for our liberal order in Europe, and for a just peace. As the country marks Independence Day, we stand firmly by their side – today and in the future.

Happy Independence Day #Moldova. Leaders of France, Germany and Poland in #Chisinău today to celebrate independence and making continued progress together towards you joining EU. 🇫🇷🤝🏽🇩🇪🤝🏽🇪🇺🤝🏽🇲🇩🤝🏽🇵🇱

From European Commission Seventh Report Under the Visa Suspension Mechanism. The recent actions against NGOs in 🇬🇪 will not be helpful in meeting these benchmarks. We want visa-free travel, but 🇪🇺 has values & benchmarks that shall not be violated or ignored.⬇️ eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/…

I am always delighted to meet 🇬🇪 young people like Anni Phridonashvili of Iliauni students movement who are taking responsibility for their future. Democracy needs active citizen's engagement, every day anew. The future is in good hands with this generation 🙌🏽

It was my pleasure to speak with Iliauni students movement about the great opportunity 🇪🇺 presents for 🇬🇪. Let's not miss it.

🇫🇷 🤝🏽🇩🇪 Delighted to welcome Olivier Courteaud, new Ambassador of France to Georgia. Our countries enjoy a deep friendship, formalized by the Élysée Treaty in 1963. We are confident and united for 🇪🇺 values & culture, peace, liberty and prosperity.

Bravo, Tsinandali Festival 🎼 tsinandalifestival.ge

In my hometown #Berlin for 🇩🇪 Ambassador's Conference. Among others, I was asked to participate in a workshop on disinformation & propaganda. We call it "Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI)". Don't be fooled by Russian style false narratives. 🇩🇪❤️🇪🇺🌞

Very frank exchange with Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz & Johann Wadephul at 🇩🇪 Ambassador's Conference. 🇩🇪 will resist alliance of autocracies, breaking of rules & violence. EU is prototype of rules-based co-operation. It may be unwieldy, but better than any international alternative. 🇪🇺 = Peace

Good talk with 🇩🇪 Minister of State for Europe, Gunther Krichbaum. Big concern about direction of 🇬🇪. Full support of 🇩🇪 government for me as ambassador. Of course 🇩🇪 rejects political violence. I have said so publicly in 🇬🇪 . To claim otherwise is untrue, NOT TRUE.

Statement by GermanForeignOffice

Thank you EU for the solidarity. EU = Solidarity From the preamble of the Treaty on the European Union: "DESIRING to deepen the solidarity between their peoples while respecting their history, their culture and their traditions," It's nice to be 🇪🇺👍🏽❤️

Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul Johann Wadephul and I discussed the the reprehensible situation in 🇬🇪. He asked me to continue communicating for 🇩🇪 with clarity, integrity & firmness. Thank you, Minister 🙏🏼 It's nice to be 🇩🇪 & 🇪🇺 ❤️

#Berlin September vibe ❤️ It's nice to be EU 🇪🇺🌞