You probably have noticed that there haven't been any high level meetings recently. High level meetings happen when there's a positive agenda, when there's something positive to be done, and right now, we don't have a positive agenda. As for my personal relationship, I know a lot of leaders of the Georgian Dream, we have said toasts to friendship, partnership, Georgia’s European future, and now many of them do not want to be friends with me anymore. I have a feeling that it is no longer opportune to appear with me because of this crazy narrative that Germany and the European Union are bad, but we are not bad, - German Ambassador to Georgia Peter Fischer said in an exclusive interview with InterpressNews.

According to him, he does not take the attacks from the ruling team personally, because this is an attack on the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany and there could be someone else in his place.

"You probably have noticed that there haven't been any high level meetings recently. High level meetings happen when there's a positive agenda, when there's something positive to be done, and right now, we don't have a positive agenda. And I should say, if you ask about me, I know so many of the GD leadership. I know them very well. I speak in German to some of them, they speak fluent German. Many have been to the German ambassador's residence, I think, happily, and I had all kinds of meetings with them. I've had confidential meetings. The photos exist. Everybody has seen the photos of me with Georgian leadership. We had toasts to friendship, partnership, European future of Georgia, everything was wonderful. Now a lot of them don't want to be my friends anymore. I have the feeling it's not opportune to be seen with me, it's not opportune to reach out to me, not opportune to send me messages and yeah, they don't want to be friends with me because of this mad narrative that Germany and the EU are bad, but we're not bad, and I don't take that personally. The attacks are directed against the ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany. They could be someone else sitting in my chair. And you know, I have many friends in Georgia. They say, thank you Germany. Thank you Ambassador. Thank you Peter. We Georgians are Europeans. We want a European future. Please don't abandon us. My answer is, we haven't and we won't”, said Peter Fischer.

In addition, he spoke about the German Foreign Ministry’s decision to recall him from Georgia for several weeks for consultations in October 2025 and explained the messages he received from the authorities of his own country. As the ambassador noted, the main request from official Berlin is to stop the disinformation attacks against Germany, the European Union and the German ambassador.

"There is nothing secret about consultations. And I wasn't summoned. I was recalled for consultations. Recalled for consultations is a fixed diplomatic term to express protest or disagreement. That's what Germany did, express protest/disagreement against Georgia, and the main reason was the continued disinformation attacks against Germany, against the European Union and against the ambassador of Germany to Georgia, that was the occasion, plus the worrying developments in terms of legislation. I was there for a little bit more than almost three weeks, I spoke to all the relevant government ministries at quite a high level. I spoke to the German foreign minister. I spoke to Parliament in my directive. My directive to come back was to make sure and make clear that the door remains open for Georgia to join the EU, the candidate status does not go away. The EU is a hopeful union. If a candidate turns away from us, we're hopeful that maybe they will turn back towards us. So that's the first thing. Door is open for Georgia to return to the path of Euro-Atlantic integration. That's our wish. That's what I'm supposed to work for. That would be the optimum outcome. If Georgia chooses another path, Germany has to adjust its relations, because joining the EU is something unique and super special. It's the highest level of integration that you can think of. If Georgia chooses another path, it's for Georgia to choose. We don't insist that you join the EU. If you do not choose it, we will have to adjust. And compared to joining the EU, compared to the path you've been on, it will be a downgrade. It will be less intense relations, that's clear. And we already have done some downgrades. You know, as you approach the EU, we say more for more. The closer you get, the tighter the relationship gets. The pre accession aids kick in, all the cooperation becomes stronger. As you distance yourself from the EU, it's less for less, right? And my directive is to help manage that process, aim for the best, prepare for the worst, deal with everything as it is in Georgia. We don't determine the course of Georgia. We see what is and we deal with it. And another directive and another request from Germany to Georgia was to stop the disinformation attacks on Germany, on the European Union, on the German ambassador. But unfortunately, that request was not met," the German ambassador said.