Who is the new German Ambassador to Georgia?

Georgia has a new Ambassador from the Federal Republic of Germany.

Newly elected Ambassador Bettina Cadenbach replaced outgoing Ambassador Ortwin Hennig, who retired after five years of serving in this position in Tbilisi.

Cadenbach, 55, has already arrived in Georgia and met with high-ranking Georgian officials.

Yesterday Cadenbach met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Tamar Beruchashvili and passed a Letter of Credence to the Georgian official.

At the meeting the sides discussed the partnership and friendly relations between Georgia and Germany and the prospects of deepening existing cooperation.

Beruchashvili congratulated Cadenbach on her appointment to the position.

Today the German Ambassador met with Georgia's President Giorgi Margvelashvili and passed a Letter of Credence to him as well.

Cadenbach assured President Margvelashvili that Germany held an important position in the developments of the region and that her country would continue supporting Georgia as it implemented various reforms.

The sides also talked about future cooperation, in particular the German-Georgian Cultural Year scheduled for 2017, as well as number of other initiatives.

Before being appointed as the new Ambassador to Georgia, Cadenbach worked in the Federal Foreign Office of Germany as Head of Unit for Common Security and Defence Policy of EU from 2012-2015. Before this she worked as Head of the Office of the State Minister for Europe from 2006 to 2009 and as the Secretary for European Security and Defence Policy from 1997 to 2000.

In terms of experience within embassies, Catenbach worked as a Permanent Representative in the German Embassy in Tehran, Iran between 2009 and 2012, in the German Embassy in Tallinn, Estonia from 2004 to 2006 and in the German Embassy in Ankara, Turkey between 1994 and 1997.

She also worked in the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York from 2000 to 2004.