{"id":131388,"date":"2026-02-14T00:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/?p=131388"},"modified":"2026-02-14T00:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:22:24","slug":"estonia-moves-its-ambassador-from-georgia-to-armenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/estonia-moves-its-ambassador-from-georgia-to-armenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonia moves its ambassador from Georgia to Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.err.ee\/1609940693\/estonia-moves-its-ambassador-from-georgia-to-armenia\">decided<\/a>\u00a0to move Ambassador Marge Mardisalu-Kahari from Tbilisi to Yerevan and end her posting as Georgian ambassador. Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Gita Kalmet will head the embassy before the appointment of a new ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Estonian Public Broadcaster, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 11 informed Georgia\u2019s charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires that Estonia\u2019s Ambassador to Georgia, Marge Mardisalu-Kahar, will conclude her mission in Tbilisi on March 10, the ministry\u2019s press service said. Until a new ambassador is appointed, Estonia\u2019s Embassy in Georgia will be headed by Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Gita Kalmet, the ministry added.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declined to specify when a new ambassador to Georgia might be appointed.<\/p>\n<p>The Estonian Foreign Ministry noted on its website that Estonia has long contributed to Georgia\u2019s Euro-Atlantic integration. However, in light of the Georgian authorities\u2019 systematic drift away from democracy, including shortcomings in meeting the conditions set for European Union candidate status, supporting Georgian state institutions is no longer an Estonian foreign policy priority. Estonia continues to support the development of civil society and free media, it added.<\/p>\n<p>Estonia also reaffirmed its consistent support for Georgia\u2019s territorial integrity, noting that one Estonian expert is serving with the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has\u00a0decided\u00a0to move Ambassador Marge Mardisalu-Kahari from Tbilisi to Yerevan and end her posting as Georgian ambassador. Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Gita Kalmet will head the embassy before the appointment of a new ambassador. According to the Estonian Public Broadcaster, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 11 informed Georgia\u2019s charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169,173],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-131388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-of-the-day","8":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Estonia moves its ambassador from Georgia to Armenia - TiflisNews.ge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/estonia-moves-its-ambassador-from-georgia-to-armenia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Estonia moves its ambassador from Georgia to Armenia - TiflisNews.ge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has\u00a0decided\u00a0to move Ambassador Marge Mardisalu-Kahari from Tbilisi to Yerevan and end her posting as Georgian ambassador. 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