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Nothing will change in the South Caucasus region after opening borders between Turkey and Armenia, since the routes of energy supplies will not change without solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said Georgia’s former minister of economy, a senior fellow at the Fund for Strategic and International Studies of Georgia, Professor …

Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is celebrating Tbilisoba – day of Tbilisi – on the weekend, an annual festival dating back to Oct. 28, 1979 when people started to celebrate the grape harvest. After 30 years, Tbilisoba has developed into a typical “Autumn celebration” marked by friendly smiles, live music and the …

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Georgia, Namik Aliyev, met with the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II, the press-release of the Azerbaijani Embassy to Tbilisi said. The sides discussed issues of further development of bilateral cooperation between two faiths, participation of Ilia II in celebration of Head of the Caucasus Muslims Spiritual …

Georgian Azerbaijanis are concerned about religious interference of the Georgian government. In the village of Fahrali of Bolnisi district and in several villages in Gardabani region of Georgia, densely populated by the Azerbaijanis, some non-governmental organizations in the country prevents the restoration of old mosques and the local authorities are …

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport proposed to extend the second international transport corridor within the CAREC from its passing through Georgia to Turkey and Europe at the eighth ministerial conference within the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC). 

A conference of the Association of Municipalities of the South Caucasus countries will be held in Kutaisi on Oct.29-30. The two-day conference will be held upon the initiative of the Local Democracy Agency and the Congress of the regional and local municipalities of the Council of Europe, the Bureau of …

Kazakhstan intends to pay special attention to so-called frozen conflicts during chairmanship in OSCE, Georgian deputy foreign minister, Alexander Nalbandov, said after Georgian-Kazakh inter-ministerial consultations in Tbilisi. Nalbandov said that the Kazakh side intends to appoint special representative within OSCE. This representative will specially operate to solve conflicts all over …

The U.S. does not intend to deploy a missile defense system (MDS) in Georgia, U.S. Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Vershbow said today in Tbilisi. This statement has been made at a joint press briefing with the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Giga Bokeria on the results of …

In its efforts to normalize relations with Armenia, Turkey does not have in mind its European Union accession bid but peace in the region, said President Abdullah Gül in an interview with a French magazine. Peace in the region will bring development and prosperity in return, he believes In an …

U.S Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Vershbow will participate in a meeting of the working group on security on October 20, Georgian foreign minister Alexander Nalbandov said at a traditional briefing on October 19.