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Georgia seeks to improve ties with Europe

Georgia’s new president said Monday that he would press ahead with efforts to deepen the former Soviet republic’s ties with the West despite Russian concerns. European leaders and observers hailed Sunday’s “clean” election won by Georgy Margvelashvili, an ally of billionaire

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Turkey, Georgia to keep good relations under new president

The presidential elections held on Sunday in Georgia, a neighboring country to the northeast of Turkey, will make barely any change to the country’s relations with Turkey, as the two already enjoy positive relations that are unlikely to be affected by such political changes, experts say.

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Georgia elects new president

Giorgi Margvelashvili, an ally of billionaire Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, won a landslide victory in a presidential election in Georgia yesterday, exit polls showed. The little-known former deputy premier’s triumph cements the Georgian Dream coalition’s grip on power following Mikheil Saakashvili’s 10-year rule, although

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Russia expects Azerbaijan to join Eurasian Customs Union jointly with Turkey

If Azerbaijan joins the Eurasian Customs Union, it will most likely be jointly with Turkey, deputy chairman of the Inter-Commission Working Group on International Cooperation and Public Diplomacy of the Public Chamber of Russia, Sergei Markov told journalists in Baku on Thursday.

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PACE delegation visits Georgia

A delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) arrived in Georgian on Monday. The delegation includes MPs Meriksel Mateu Pi, Andres Hergel, John Tomlinson, Christopher Chop, Vasily Likhachev and Boris Silevich.

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