Georgia's Minister of Education, Science, and Youth, Aleksandre Tsuladze, responded to the statement made by the German Ambassador to Georgia, Peter Fischer.

According to Tsuladze, no ongoing or existing projects are at risk, including the DAAD program.

He stated that the German Minister of Education intended to leave an ambiguous legacy for the newly elected Georgian government and introduce dissonance in bilateral relations.

"I would like to emphasize that Peter Fischer's statement does not apply to student, researcher, or academic exchange programs, joint research projects, or scholarship programs.

The statement pertains exclusively to the future cooperation between the Ministry of Education, Science, and Youth of Georgia and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany, for which only preparatory work had been underway.

In reality, the German Ambassador is referring to a letter from the German Federal Minister of Education and Research, dated February 20. The date of the letter itself is noteworthy.

It is somewhat surprising to us that, on her last day in office, the German Federal Minister of Education and Research found time to make a decision regarding the temporary suspension of future cooperation, which had not even begun yet. This decision, announced today by the ambassador, suggests that the minister wanted to leave an ambiguous legacy for the newly elected government and introduce dissonance into the relations between the two countries.

Once again, I want to stress that no ongoing or existing projects are at risk, including the DAAD program," Tsuladze stated, according to the ministry's press office.