Eurasia Press & News
WASHINGTON US Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Georgia and Ukraine next month for talks on boosting the former Soviet republics’ economies and supporting democratic reforms, his office said Monday. Both trips involve political sensitivities with Russia, and the visit would come shortly after US President Barack Obama travels …
Read More »Artur Baghdasaryan welcomes cooperation with Georgia and Azerbaijan
Secretary of the National Security Council Artur Baghdasaryan received a delegation headed by the Regional coordinator of the South Caucasus Anti-Drug (SCAD) Programme Gregory Connor. Presenting the program, Gregory Connor pointed that the purpose of the program is to establish cooperation between the three countries of the region – Armenia, …
Read More »UN regrets Russia’s veto on Georgia observer mission
WASHINGTON Group of Friends of the UN Secretary General for Georgia has expressed regret over Russia’s decision to veto a UN Security Council resolution on prolonging the mandate of the UN observer mission in the region of Georgia and Abkhazia /UNOMIG/.
Read More »Russia to resume talks with Georgia only after elections
MOSCOW Russia will be ready to resume deliberations with Georgia, if the Georgian people elect a new leadership, President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with Chinese journalists.
Read More »Gas supply to Armenia to be delayed on June 16-21
Georgian Gas-transport Company officially informed ArmRosGazProm on temporary delay of gas supply to Armenia, ArmRosGazProm Press Service reported. The Georgian company plans works on connection of a new section of gas-main pipeline Kazakh-Saguramo (diameter 1000 mm, length 3,6 km). During construction period, unrestricted gas supply will be implemented from the …
Read More »Romania promises ongoing support for Georgia’s EU and NATO bids
Bucharest Romania’s foreign minister promised continued backing for Georgia’s bids to join the European Union and NATO during a meeting with his Georgian counterpart Friday in Bucharest.
Read More »Georgia to be cornered dropping out of CIS
The decision of the Georgian parliament to leave CIS has a technical nature, but corner Georgia, said vice-chairman of international affairs committee of State Duma Andrey Climov. According to him, problems of Georgia started from the moment when they reoriented from CIS to other far horizons, such as “Washington, Brussels …
Read More »Saakashvili on upcoming UN Abkhaz resolution
President Saakashvili said Tbilisi was in “intensive consultations” with its western allies not to allow the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution, which would not make a reference to Georgia’s territorial integrity. The UN Security Council’s new Abkhaz resolution is expected by June 15, when the current four-month mandate …
Read More »Georgia’s Saakashvili orders formation of constitutional commission amid political turmoil
MOSCOW – Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has issued an order to set up a constitutional commission in an effort to end a two-month political stalemate, news reports said on Monday. According to the order, the president, the government and the parliament can nominate three representatives respectively to the new body, …
Read More »Armenia’s prime minister for opening Armenian-Turkish border
Armenia’s prime minister Tigran Sargsyan made a speech in support to opening of the Armenian-Turkish border. Delivering a lecture “Crisis as an opportunity” to young professionals in Yerevan, he particularly mentioned, that Armenia currently is too dependent on Georgia. “2/3 of our foreign turnover is carried out via Georgia, transit …
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