Kavkaz News

The next round of the Russian-Georgian negotiations on the Russian Federation’s joining the WTO will be held on October 7-8, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalagania said at a briefing on Monday. He said that this is likely to be the last round of talks this year.

Bulgaria is an important partner of Georgia and is seen as the shortest way the country can reach the EU, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has declared after meeting with Bulgaria’s PM Boyko Borisov. “Our two countries are very much alike – we have gone through

Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia met in Warsaw Thursday. Successful development of bilateral relations was underlined at the meeting. The sides expressed confidence Azerbaijan-Georgia cooperation would continue to expand in a variety of fields.

The Director of the Office of Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, Justin Friedman and Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, Eric S. Rubin will travel to Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

Georgia will present its priorities at the Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalagania said at a briefing on Monday, September 26. As Warsaw-hosted summit due September 29-30, the

Bulgaria may receive its first gas deliveries from Azerbaijan in 2013, Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said after a meeting with his Azeri counterpart Natig Aliyev in Baku. Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) and Greece’s power utility DEPA have pledged to complete the gas inter-connection between Bulgaria and Greece in …

The South Caucasus republic of Georgia has taken Russia to court over the brief war the two countries fought in August 2008. Georgia on Thursday lodged a case against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights, accusing Russian

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili held an informal meeting with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on the sidelines of the 66th UN General Assembly session

On October 6-7, French President Nicolas Sarkozy will have a tour of South Caucasus, with visits to Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The meetings with the South Caucasus states are expected to focus on cooperation perspectives and improvement of bilateral ties.

On September 8, a joint program was signed between Romania’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, State Secretary Anton Niculescu and Armenian ambassador Hamlet Gasparyan. The program envisages collaboration between the two countries in the fields of culture, education and science.