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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 …

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that relations between Turkey and Russia are swiftly improving, based as they are on deep roots that extend back decades. “Turkish-Russian relations dating back to long ago are taking confident steps toward the future, diversifying into the fields of economy, politics, military …

A delegation led by Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia, Mr. Ramaz Nikolaishvili will be visiting Armenia on March 17 and 18, 2011. According to the press office of the Armenian Ministry of Transport and

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.