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On Oct. 6, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament David Bakradze and Danish Foreign Minister, Peer Sting Mouller discussed the situation in the occupied territories and the process of conflict resolution at a meeting.

The Laborites believe that based on the conclusion by Tagliavini’s commission, the Georgian President should be recognized as a war criminal and appear before the Hague Tribunal, the International Secretary of the Labor Party, Nestan Kirtadze said at anews conference on Oct. 5. She said the commission had caught Saakashvili …

“The agenda includes the issue of strengthening the mandate of the EU monitoring mission in Georgia, but I cannot say to you anything more about it today,” the Danish Foreign Minister, Per Stig Moeller said at a news conference held jointly with his Georgian counterpart, Grigol Vashadze in Tbilisi. He …

Georgia welcomes readiness of all countries, especially friendly Ukraine to act as mediator between Moscow and Tbilisi, Georgian foreign minister Grigol Vashadze said at a press-conference on October 5. “The necessity in the talks with Russia will occur sooner or later but with democratic and free Russia that feels responsibility …

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili is surprised at inconsistency of the Tagliavini Commission. Recognizing the presence of Russia’s regular troops in the Georgian territory, particularly in the Tskhinvali region, the commission still did not name Russia as the aggressor, Saakashvili added. “The Commission recognized that the foreign country’s armed forces have …

Georgia will hold the NATO Days on Oct. 5-9. Various activities, including conferences, meetings with students, non-governmental organizations and politicians, will be held during the event, the NATO Information Center reported. A special delegation of the alliance will attend the NATO Days. Representatives of the NATO Information Center and guests …

Chairman of the Parliamentary Interim Commission for restoration of Georgia’s territorial integrity, Shota Malashkhia assesses the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov’s scheduled visit to Abkhazia as another challenge to the international community. Lavrov will visit Sukhumi today, on Oct. 2. During the visit, he will legalize several agreements between Abkhazia …

An independent report blamed Georgia on Wednesday for starting last year’s five-day war with Russia, but said Moscow’s military response went beyond reasonable limits and violated international law. The report commissioned by the European Union said both sides had broken international humanitarian laws and found evidence of ethnic cleansing against …

On the eve of a European Union report on who started the Russia-Georgia war, EU monitors have stepped up their patrols in Georgia to try to keep tensions from boiling over into violence, an official said Tuesday. The August 2008 war ended with Russian soldiers driving Georgian forces out of …

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze and EU special representative on South Caucasus Peter Semneby discussed the Tbilisi-Brussels relations. Head of the European Commission Delegation to Georgia Per Eklund, Special Envoy of the Swedish EU Presidency to Georgia Fredrik Löjdquist and Political Advisor of EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus …