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Oslo hosts the session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA). OSCE PA President Joao Soares opened the session. In his welcoming speech, Soares praised the reform carried out in Georgia and noted that the refugees are

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has today received Georgia`s Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze. The President expressed confidence the Georgian FM`s visit would be fruitful and successful. President Aliyev said

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has outlined new initiatives to boost economic development in the restive North Caucasus. Russia is fighting a growing Islamist insurgency in the region fueled by poverty, unemployment and corruption. Speaking in Kislovodsk, in Russia’s southern Stavropol region, Putin called on

The EU Monitoring Mission will monitor the Georgian military bases, which will further increase the transparency of the Georgian Defense Ministry. A new memorandum signed between the ministry and the EU Monitoring Mission provides this, the Georgian Defense Ministry said.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to arrive in at 10.00 [local time]. She will visit Tbilisi following her Yerevan visit. According to the U.S. Embassy, Clinton will hold the first meeting at 10.30 in the National Library with women leaders. Then, Clinton will visit the Georgian presidential …

A delegation of the Council of Europe arrived in Tbilisi this morning. The delegation includes Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland, and Cabinet of Ministers Chairman, Slovenian Foreign Minister Antonio Miloslovski, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalagania said today.

Today, Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov’s working visit to Azerbaijan has been completed. A guard of honor was lined up at the airport named after Heydar Aliyev in honor of the distinguished guest. President of Bulgaria and his wife Zorka Parvanov were accompanied by Azerbaijani Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev …

Bulgaria should receive its first natural gas supplies from Azerbaijan in 2011, agreed the presidents of the two countries, Georgi Parvanov and Ilham Aliyev. Parvanov went to Azerbaijan’s capital Baku Wednesday on a two-day state visit focused precisely on gas supplies talks and energy security. He is returning a visit

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov will pay a working visit to Azerbaijan on June 30 and July 1, the press office of the presidency announced. Visit of the Bulgarian head of state is at the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev in response to his working visit in Sofia in November 2009. 

Georgia will begin talks for acquiring an associate membership of the European Union, its President Mikheil Saakashvili has announced. The talks will start on July 15 when a high-ranking EU delegation will arrive to Tbilisi, Saakashvili said during a meeting of Georgia’ Security Council.