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The Director of the Office of Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, Justin Friedman and Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, Eric S. Rubin will travel to Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

Georgia will present its priorities at the Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalagania said at a briefing on Monday, September 26. As Warsaw-hosted summit due September 29-30, the

Bulgaria may receive its first gas deliveries from Azerbaijan in 2013, Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said after a meeting with his Azeri counterpart Natig Aliyev in Baku. Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) and Greece’s power utility DEPA have pledged to complete the gas inter-connection between Bulgaria and Greece in …

The South Caucasus republic of Georgia has taken Russia to court over the brief war the two countries fought in August 2008. Georgia on Thursday lodged a case against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights, accusing Russian

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili held an informal meeting with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on the sidelines of the 66th UN General Assembly session

On October 6-7, French President Nicolas Sarkozy will have a tour of South Caucasus, with visits to Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The meetings with the South Caucasus states are expected to focus on cooperation perspectives and improvement of bilateral ties.

On September 8, a joint program was signed between Romania’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, State Secretary Anton Niculescu and Armenian ambassador Hamlet Gasparyan. The program envisages collaboration between the two countries in the fields of culture, education and science.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with the newly appointed European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, ambassador Philippe Lefort. President Sargsyan congratulated amb. Lefort on the new post and expressed hope that his large

The South Caucasus plays a role of a bridge and has a great potential of cultural and economic development, especially is peace is finally established in the region,” European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, Ambassador Philippe Lefort said at a joint press …

EU Foreign Ministers decided to support the initiative to start talks with Georgia and Moldova on creation of a free trade zone. The free trade zone envisages agreements between the sides on creating a universal zone. The previous meeting on enhanced free trade between Georgia and EU took place on …