German Special Envoy for Caucasus Visits Georgia

Patricia Flor, the German Foreign Ministry’s special representative for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, visits Georgia on May 2-3, the German embassy in Tbilisi said.

Flor, who was German ambassador to Georgia in 2006-2010, will meet with Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze, Education Minister Dimitri Shashkin and State Minister for Reintegration Eka Tkeshelashvili, as well as civil society representatives working on human rights issues, according to the embassy.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle visited Tbilisi in March as part of his trip to three South Caucasus states, followed with visits to Georgia by State Secretary at the German Defense Ministry Thomas Kossendey and Minister of State at the Foreign Ministry Cornelia Pieper in April.

2012 marks 20th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Georgia and Germany, which was the first foreign country to open its embassy in Tbilisi in April, 1992.