Eurasia Press & News
Turkey has announced plans to improve the rights of its Kurdish minority. The reforms are seen as a way of boosting Turkey’s chances of EU membership and include the creation of an independent anti-discrimination commission to prevent torture and discrimination. The plan also involves allowing the Kurdish language to be …
Read More »Bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria are successfully developing – Ilham Aliyev
Following a ceremony of signing Azerbaijan-Bulgaria documents on Friday in Sophia, Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Georgi Parvanov of Bulgaria held a joint press conference. Bulgaria President Parvanov noted the documents signed today elevated bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level. According to him, an active political dialogue exists …
Read More »Azerbaijan President’s visit to Bulgaria ends
On Nov. 13, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s one-day working visit to the Republic of Bulgaria ended. An honor guard was built at the international airport of Sofia in honor of the President of Azerbaijan. Ilham Aliyev was accompanied by high-ranking officials and government representatives of Bulgaria.
Read More »Georgian parliament to consider nominations for ambassador to Azerbaijan
The Georgian parliament will begin discussions on nominees to the post of Georgian ambassador to Azerbaijan today. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili nominated earlier this week Presidential Administration Spokesman Ivan Noniashvili.
Read More »Georgian minister meets with EU diplomats
Georgian State Reintegration Minister Temur Yakobashvili discussed the country’s occupied territories and de-occupation with EU diplomats. The sides also analyzed the national strategy toward the occupied territories, which is still under development, Yakobashvili said. According to the minister, it was symbolic that the meeting was held at the Radisson Hotel, …
Read More »EU will not change mission format in Georgia: official
“Presently, we do not intend to change the format of the EU mission,” EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby told media. Georgia has called for expanding the mandate of the observer mission in the occupied territories and adding police functions. Tskhinvali, Sukhumi and Moscow are against the …
Read More »Russia, Georgia to hold new talks in January
Russia and Georgia have agreed to hold a new round of talks on January 28 next year, aimed at reducing tensions following their five-day war in August 2008. Representatives of the two sides met for the eight time in Geneva on Wednesday for what a European Union mediator described as …
Read More »EU-Russia ties to be strengthened under certain conditions, says European Parliament
Climate change, energy security and a new general cooperation agreement between the two blocs are among the topics that the Swedish Presidency should discuss with Russia at the upcoming Stockholm summit on 18 November. MEPs are concerned about the human rights situation in Russia (the EP recently awarded its Sakharov …
Read More »Georgian Labor Party leader appeals U.S. to study ‘Saakashvili regime’s deeds’
Georgian Labor Party leader Shalva Natelashvili is holding meetings with U.S. political, diplomatic and social circle representatives as part of his visit to the U.S. In New York Natelashvili met with students and teachers at Columbia University, including Professor Kimberly Marten, and delivered a lecture on the geopolitical situation in …
Read More »Georgian president urges ministers to engage in dialogue with opposition
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili called upon his Cabinet of Ministers to negotiate with the opposition. “This dialogue is necessary and useful,” he said at a state meeting today in the Kakheti region. “For example, few days ago we had a dialogue with the Christian-Democrats and they noticed a thing that …
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