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Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan will sign an agreement on construction of two liquefied natural gas terminals next month, Romanian Economy Ministry official Tudor Serban announced on Thursday (February 18th). Serban explained that one will be located at Romania’s Constanta seaport and the other in Georgia. The project is worth an …

Russia and the Georgian rebel region of Abkhazia signed a deal yesterday allowing Moscow to build a military base on its soil, increasing its dependence on its sponsor and stoking tensions with Tbilisi.

The OSCE will send its observers to monitor local elections in Georgia scheduled for May 30, the OSCE chairman in Tbilisi, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabaev said. “This matter has been solved and it is not the subject for discussions,” he added. Georgian opposition parties appealed to Saudabaev to send …

It is important that Kazakhstan became the OSCE chair, Leader of the Democratic Movement – United Georgia Nino Burjanadze said.

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.