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EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby will pay a working visit to Georgia on Jan. 28. Semneby will meet with Georgian representatives of the parliamentary majority and opposition factions. He is also set to discuss the relations between Georgia and Russia during his visit.

Arsen Shoyan has been named the new Ambassador of Armenia to Bulgaria. He has been serving so far as head of the Expert-Analytical Department at the President’s Administration. Armenian former Ambassador to Bulgaria Sergey Manaseryan has been appointed deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia.

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev mulled peace and stability in the Caucasus at a meeting in Baku.  The dialogue between the two took place during Vashadze’s two-day visit to Azerbaijan.

During a state dinner in Athens, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said that his visit symbolizes development of cooperation between two countries. “Relations between Armenia and Greece went up to a new level since Armenia

Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Spyros Kouvelis will visit Azerbaijan in February 2-3. The Greek and Azerbaijani sides are considering more than 10 new projects of the inter-ministerial agreements. The parties are also working on the draft programme of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Greece in the fields of science, education and …

Georgian President Mikheil Sakashvili will start a visit to Armenia on Jan. 22.  During the visit, he will meet with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. The Georgian President will be accompanied by Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze, who will visit Azerbaijan at the time. This is Sakashvili’s first official visit in …

Greek President Karolos Papoulias will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan. The visit is scheduled for April 4-6. He will arrive in Baku in response to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Greece in February last year, which led to a significant revival of bilateral ties and relations. It is expected …

On January 17, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will leave for Cyprus on a state visit. The Armenian leader will then visit Greece on January 18. During the visits, he is scheduled to meet with the Presidents, Speakers of parliaments and Armenian communities of Cyprus and Greece. Sargsyan will also meet …

Armenia will boycott renewed discussions on the Nagorny Karabakh conflict at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE). The talks have been championed by PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu, who intends to revive a PACE

The European Union should lend Georgia 46 million euros over the next two years to help keep its government solvent, the bloc’s executive said Thursday. The EU first granted financial support in 2009.