Embassy says German Prosecutor’s Office used ‘unclear formulation’ when calling Georgian gov’t ‘pro-Russian’
The German Prosecutor’s Office indicted a suspect for killing Khangoshvili in Berlin last year.
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The Embassy of Germany to Georgia says that the Federal Prosecution of Germany used ‘unclear phrasing when it called the Georgian government ‘pro-Russian’ in the statement related to the murder of Georgian citizen of Chechen origin Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin.
German Ambassador to Georgia Hubert Knirsch said that the wording ‘pro-Russian’ was how Khangoshvili characterised the Georgian government and not the Federal Prosecution of Germany, adding that the agency should have been more clear in the statement.
He stated that German law enforcement agencies did not intend to characterise the Georgian government in any way, expressing worries that the wording sparked speculations and misinterpretation.
The statement released by the German embassy said that Georgia is a ‘reliable partner of NATO and the EU.’
German MEP Viola von Cramon tweeted that German prosecutor’s office ‘chose words unfortunately when characterising the Georgian government as pro-Russian.’
????????Georgian officials thankfully averted one more murder in #Tbilisi allegedly ordered by #kadyrov. EU should help more its neighbors in fighting such heinous crimes. German prosecutor’s office chose words unfortunately when characterizing Georgian government as “pro-Russian”
— Viola von Cramon (@ViolavonCramon) June 18, 2020
The German Prosecutor’s Office indicted a suspect for killing Khangoshvili in Berlin last year, stating that Russian central governmental federal offices put out the hit on Khangoshvili, which was carried out by Russian citizen Vadim K. in August 2019.
The text of the indictment mentions that the background of the murder was linked with “the victim’s opposition to the Russian central government, authorities of the Chechen and Ingush Republics [autonomous republics of the Russian Federation], and the pro-Russian government of Georgia.”
Georgian opposition parties said this was evidence of how the German government sees the current Georgian government.
Bellingcat, an investigative journalism website, writes that its months-long investigation, with The Insider and Der Spiegel, has uncovered that the assassination of Georgian citizen of Chechen origin Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin last August ‘was planned and organized by Russia’s FSB security agency.’
The Public Prosecutor General of Germany has indicted a suspect for killing Georgian citizen Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin, stating that Russian central governmental federal offices put out the hit on Khangoshvili, which was carried out by Russian citizen Vadim K. in August 2019.
Russia has declared two employees of the German embassy in Russia as persona non grata and summoned the German ambassador as a response to the expulsion of two Russian diplomats from Germany over the murder of Georgian citizen of Chechen origin Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin in the summer.
Germany has expelled two Russian citizens working in the Russian embassy in Berlin for their alleged involvement in the murder of Georgian citizen of Chechen origin Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin in the summer, pointing at possible involvement of either Russian of Chechen authorities in the case.Khangoshvili, 40, who was shot dead in the Kleiner Tiergarten Park, Berlin, on August 23.
A German-Georgian forum was created yesterday to strengthen political, education, economic, cultural ties between the two countries.