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The eighth round of international security consultations on the Caucasus will be held in Geneva today. A Georgian delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Giorgi Bokeria has already arrived in Geneva. Bokeria said the Georgian side will raise issues to resolve security problems and thwart future kidnappings. A major topics …

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is likely to discuss the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden and French President Nicolas Sarkozy today. The sides will discuss Russian provocations and the kidnapping of four Georgian teenagers, Saakashvili said at a meeting with the Christian-Democrats parliamentary faction.

There are no reasons for Belarus to recognize Abkhazia’s and South Ossetia’s independence, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said at a briefing today.

GUAM developed significant projects in the tourism, agriculture and motor transport sectors, which will soon be signed. Georgia Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze made the statement to journalist during the fourth GUAM session in Tbilisi at the Sheraton Metechi Palace today.

Georgia will host the fourth meeting of the GUAM Parliamentary Assembly (PA) to be held on Nov. 8-11. The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Metechi Palace Hotel, Tbilisi, the Georgian parliament said. The GUAM PA will open its expanded meeting with participation of delegations of the Baltic Assembly …

Experts from Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, engaged in conflict resolution and civil society, discussed in Bucharest the initiative of the “Black Sea platform of peace”. This platform should provide a comprehensive, transparent, democratic space for civil society in the region. The platform is a regional initiative of the …

The EU monitoring mission (EUMM) must expand its activities in Georgia, mission head Hansjorg Habber said in an interview with Imedi television. He said the issue of expanding the EU mission became more topical when the UN mission and OSCE mandates expired and they ceased their activities in Georgia.

According to the order by the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, the head of Azersun Holding Abdolbari Gozal was awarded the Order of Merit of Georgia.

Russia to some extent is trying to hinder the economic development of Georgia, the chairman of the parliamentary committee on international relations Akaki Minashvili said responding to the accusations of Russia’s intelligence that as though Georgia is preparing for a military provocation. The MP said in an interview with journalists …

The Georgian Interior Ministry calls on Tskhinvali to release four Georgian teenagers recently detained by South Ossetia’s police. The four Georgian schoolboys disappeared from the territory controlled by Georgia yesterday, the ministry said.