Kavkaz News

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated Ukraine’s president-elect Viktor Yanukovich on Monday and expressed hope for closer cooperation.

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan’s Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev will visit Georgia Feb.16. During his visit to Tbilisi, the OSCE chairman will hold a meeting with Georgian Parliamentary Speaker David Bakradze and Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze.

Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan on Friday (February 12th) submitted to parliament two protocols aimed to normalise ties with Turkey. The documents, signed in October last year, will be discussed by lawmakers for ratification. However, Sargsyan said that Armenia’s parliament will first wait for Turkey to ratify them before doing …

Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Dzhalaganiya met with the head of General Directorate of the European Commission on International Relations for Ukraine and Belarus, Moldova and South Caucasus countries, John Kaers and EU extraordinary and plenipotentiary envoy to Georgia Robin Lidersen, today.

Regional governors along the Georgia-Turkey border discussed cooperation in Akhaltsikhe this week. Georgian Governor Lasha Chkadua met with neighboring Turkish border region Ardahan Governor Mustafa Tekmen and the governor of the Georgian Samtskhe Dzhvakheti region.

The friendly ties between Georgia and Ukraine will remain after Sunday’s presidential elections in Ukraine, Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili said Monday.

Georgia will not send observers to Ukraine to monitor the second round of presidential elections, Georgian presidential press secretary Manana Manjgaladze said.

Romania and Azerbaijan have signed Tuesday a memorandum on co-operation in the energy sector through which the Azerbaijan company can export oil and gas to Romania and EU SOCAR can export oil and gas to the European Union, including Romania, the director of the economy ministry Koreliu Kondoia, who is …

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili will pay a visit to Romania in the spring, the spokesperson of the President Manana Manjgaladze announced. This has been announced after the spokesperson explained why the President will not attend the International Security Conference in Munich. The Georgian President has been invited January to attend …

Today Georgian State Reintegration Minister Temur Yakobashvili left for France to submit the Georgian strategy for the discussion. Georgia will mull the state strategy towards South Ossetia and Abkhazia in the Council of Europe’s (CE) Committee of Ministers Feb.3. The committee will determine the Council of Europe’s role in implementing …