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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.

Today, on Oct. 19, in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone, the Ergenti village will host the next meeting of the working group comprising representatives of the South Ossetia and Georgia under the OSCE mediation within the Geneva format. This meeting is dedicated to prevent tension in the region.

As part of the pre-election campaign, on Oct. 16, the leader of the puppet regime of Abkhazia, Sergei Bagapsh plans to visit Gali, Chairman of the legitimate government of the Autonomous Republic, Giorgi Baramia said at a news conference on Oct. 16.

A reestablishment of the observers inside Abkhazia and South Ossetia will gradually realize that this is good for all parties, said Goran Lennmarker, OSCE PA President Emeritus and Special Representative on Nagorno-Karabkh and Special Envoy on Georgia. “Russians will gradually realize that this is good for all parties to have …

OSCE PA President Emeritus and Special Representative on Nagorno-Karabakh and Special Envoy on Georgia Goran Lennmarker will visit all three countries in the South Caucasus – Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, in November. The exact dates of the visit have not yet been decided, the press-service of the PA reported. In …

Georgia considers U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s initiative to create buffer zones at the territories occupied by Russia as acceptable, secretary of National Security Council Eka Tkeshelashvili said before leaving for Vienna for the international conference.