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Georgian former Prime Minister, the leader of the “Fair Georgia” movement Zurab Noghaideli will leave today for a regular visit to Russia.  He will hold meetings with representatives of the Georgian Diaspora, who will get acquainted with the plans of the party. This is Noghaideli’s ninth visit to Russia.

The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association will host public discussions on the topic “inter-state disputes between Russia and Georgia in connection with the mass deportation of Georgian citizens from Russia” at 18.30 on

The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, is starting his trip to Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia next today to meet government leaders and representatives of political parties to discuss OSCE work in the region and the Lithuanian Chairmanship’s priorities for 2011.

Georgian-Russian talks on Russia’s joining the World Trade Organization will be held in Bern (Switzerland) on March 9. Moscow officially appealed to Tbilisi with the initiative to hold talks, Georgian First Deputy Foreign Minister Nikoloz Vashakidze said today at a traditional briefing.

Starting March 1, facilitated visa regime between Georgia and EU will take effect, according to Nino Kalandadze, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia. As he stated, Georgia welcomes the fact, considering it as a political statement on EU’s staying true to its principles with regards to Georgia.

Georgia’s president has urged Turkey to help realize the unification of the South Caucasus but said his country does not want Russia or Iran in the alliance. “The emergence of the ‘United Caucasus’ is my aspiration,” Mikheil Saakashvili reportedly told Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu while discussing the concept of …

A Georgian governmental delegation, headed by Prime Minister Nika Gilauri paid a working visit to Armenia on Wednesday. The visit was initially scheduled for Feb.15 and it was supposed to take two days, but later it was decided to be a single day visit. The Georgian PM will meet with …

Romania is ready to render practical assistance to Georgia in its integration into the European Union and NATO, Speaker of Upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament, Mircea Geoană said at a meeting with Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze in Bucharest.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said on Saturday that Turkey and Georgia have already started works to allow citizens of both countries to travel with only state identity cards.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will have an official visit to Georgia on Feb.11-12.  Davutoglu is set to hold meetings in Batumi and Tbilisi. During the visit it is not planned to conclude a memorandum on cultural monuments between the two countries, but this issue may be discussed.