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On April 7 Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan received the newly appointed Ambassador of Georgia to Armenia, Tengiz Sharmanashvili. Highly appreciating the mutually beneficial cooperation established between the two countries, the parties discussed a number of issues related to Armenian-Georgian relations in different spheres.

Visiting President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias has today toured the Icharishahar, Inner City, historic core of Azerbaijan`s capital.

Istanbul will begin the next activation of the Black Sea Naval Cooperation Task Group (BLACKSEAFOR) on Tuesday. Under the April activation plan of BLACKSEAFOR, the Georgian gunboat “Sukhumi” will take part in this activation for the first time since the Russian-Georgian war of 2008.

International Court of Justice says it cannot rule on dispute over alleged atrocities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The International Court of Justice has said it cannot hear a complaint by Georgia that Russia committed human rights abuses in two breakaway provinces, saying it had no jurisdiction over the case.

Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca will pay a working visit to Moscow today. He will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to discuss bilateral relations and the Transdnestr settlement. The talks on the future of Moldova’s breakaway republic of Transdnestr in the “five-plus-two” format, involving Russia, Ukraine, the OSCE, …

A Bulgarian delegation headed by the Parliament Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva started official visit to Georgia on Monday. Tsacheva will hold the first meeting with her Georgian counterpart David Bakradze. The Georgian and Bulgarian parliaments’ speakers will hold a joint press conference after the meeting. After the meeting with Bakradze, Tsacheva …

The President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) Karl Lamers said he is ready to assist Georgia in its dialogue with Russia. Conflicts should be resolved peacefully, Lamers said on 76th Rose-Roth seminar of the NATO PA held in Tbilisi. Lamers said the conflict resolution has never been an easy …

Upon completion of a meeting with Georgia’s parliamentary speaker David Bakradze, NATO Parliamentary Assembly President Karl Lamers expressed his support for democratic processes in Georgia and the country’s integration into the Alliance.

Georgia’s deputy foreign minister dismissed on Monday Russian media rumors that Georgia has broken off talks on Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization. “Negotiations are in process and their continuation is in our best interests,” Nino Kalandadze said.

NATO Secretary General on South Caucasus, James Appathurai, said that Georgia needs to continue implementing necessary reforms, in particular democratic reforms to advance its Euro-Atlantic aspirations. 2011 is an important year in this regard and Allies will follow carefully the developments in Georgia. They will also continue assisting these reforms …