Georgian Foreign Ministry Summons Estonian Ambassador Over Post in Ilia University’s Support

2026-02-24 - 17:55

Estonian Ambassador to Georgia Marge Mardisalu-Kahar was summoned to the Georgian Foreign Ministry on February 24 following a social media post by the Embassy expressing support for Ilia State University (IliaUni), Georgia’s leading academic institution, which is facing significant cuts under controversial higher education reforms. On February 22, the Estonian Embassy in Tbilisi published a post on Facebook, showing the Ambassador alongside Ilia University’s Rector Nino Doborjginidze, with a caption: “We stand with Ilia State University.”