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The EU should move faster on free trade agreements and negotiations for visa-free travel with Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova, which are ‘inexpensive’ policies that can be pursued in times of austerity as funding priorities shift to the southern neighbourhood, Georgi Baramidze, Georgia’s minister responsible for EU and Nato affairs said.

Georgia and Russia are scheduled to open their next round of talks on Russia’s membership in the World Trade Organization in the Swiss city of Bern. The negotiations start on Thursday and finish a day later.

Armenian Minister of Transport and Communication Manuk Vardanyan received Romanian Ambassador to Armenia Crina Rodica Prunariu to discuss programs of cooperation.

Tbilisi will host a meeting between U.S. ambassadors to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. According to Matt Bryza, the ambassador to Azerbaijan, the envoys will discuss the activity of embassies in the region. “The ambassadors will focus on coordination of efforts for ensuring regional security, development of economic ties and other …

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Grigol Vashadze, has arrived in Armenia for a working visit today, Press and Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Georgia Grigol Vashadze and Edward Nalbandian will hold a meeting to discuss the process of …

Russia may join the World Trade Organization without getting any approval from Georgia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. “I do not want to go into details on how it could be done without Georgia’s consent,” Lavrov said during his current visit to Abkhazia. “All I can say is …

Georgia’s parliament has annulled an agreement with Russia allowing Moscow to use its territory as a transit nation for a Russian military base in Armenia. Tuesday’s unanimous vote means a five-year agreement struck in 2006 will not be automatically renewed.

Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze is on an official visit to Brussels where he met with EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Fule. Their conversation touched upon deepening relations between Georgia and the EU, democratic reforms in the country, negotiations with the EU

Armenian Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan will pay a visit to Romania. Ashotyan will have an official meeting with Romanian Minister of Education, Research and Innovation Daniel Funeriu.

Romanian President Traian Basescu has today ended his visit to Azerbaijan. A guard of honor was lined up for the Romanian President at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport decorated with the national flags of the two countries. President Basescu was seen off by Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov and …