The United States seeks the return of international organizations to Georgia and calls for the non-recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip H. Gordon said.
Read More »Georgia arrested 13 Russian spy suspects
Georgia said on Friday it has dismantled a major Russian spy ring and arrested 13 suspects, including four Russian citizens, who allegedly fed sensitive military information to Moscow. Interior ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said the suspects, who included Georgian military officers, had been providing secret information on Georgia’s military to …
Read More »Armenia, Ukraine to intensify bilateral ties
On November 4, Armenian parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan met with the newly appointed Ukrainian ambassador to Armenia Ivan Kukhta. Speaker Abrahamyan voiced confidence that the Ambassador will further
Read More »Georgian FM: Greece ready to assist Georgia in European and Euro-Atlantic integration process
Greece is ready to assist Georgia in the European and Euro-Atlantic integration process. Greek officials made the statement during recent Georgian-Greek political consultations in Tbilisi, the Georgian Foreign Ministry told Trend. The consultations were attended by the heads of the two countries’ foreign ministry departments. Within the talks, head of …
Read More »Ukrainian Defense Minister to visit Georgia
Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Yezhel will arrive in Tbilisi today on a two-day visit, the Georgian Defense Ministry said. He will meet with his Georgian counterpart Bacho Akhalaia later this afternoon. Tomorrow, Yezhel will attend a wreath-laying ceremony at a memorial dedicated to the Georgian
Read More »Georgian not to comment on Russian spy issue
The presidential administration of Georgia on Tuesday said that it would not make any comment on the issue of Russian spies. Manana Manjgaladze, spokesperson for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, told a press briefing that the president’s administration would not make any comment on the issue until further deals become known.
Read More »A Strategy for North Caucasus: Don’t Mention Politics or Religion!
The recently published Russian government strategy paper for the North Caucasus chooses to focus solely on the socio-economic development of the region. The refusal to address key political or religious issues undermines the whole rationale for the document, laments Sergei Markedonov for openDemocracy. On 4 October 2010 the Russian Federation …
Read More »Georgia arrest 20 people suspected of spying for Russia
Georgia on Monday arrested 20 individuals that are suspected of conspiring to pass secret information to Russia. According to Russian media reports, 20 individuals, all of them Georgians, were arrested by local police forces after they organized and formed a spy network to favor Russia. However, Georgian officials declined to either …
Read More »Georgia, Armenia removed from Turkey’s threat lis
The National Security Council of Turkey has taken Georgia and Armenia out of its list of neighboring countries which pose security threats, according to news reports reaching here Monday. The Turkish security council had earlier approved of the change in the list, which previously included Georgia and
Read More »South Caucasus conference to discuss situation on region’s approaching to Europe
Tbilisi will host a conference on the topic “Are we approaching to Europe?” today. At the event the results of the research “Economic and social policy in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan”, along with the Georgian experts will also be presented by experts from Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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