According to the decision of the Political Council of the ruling Georgian Dream, we are beginning to create a database, which will comprise information about all those individuals who are involved in violence, other illegal actions, threats and blackmail, or publicly approve of such actions, through party structures,” Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili stated at…
EU Mission in Armenia issued a statement on the occasion of EU and the Republic of Armenia on the status of EUMA – the SOMA. “Important development and great news for EUMA! Following the completion of the final steps of ratification, the Agreement between the EU and the Republic of Armenia on the status…
The Legal Affairs Committee will discuss the nine points required to join the European Union at the sitting on May 10, the committee chair, Anri Okhanashvili, said in a post, adding the committee will discuss the transparency bill in its third reading on May 13, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. “On Friday, May 10, we…
Reuters. U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi met Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Monday (May 6). The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is hoping to bolster his agency’s oversight of Tehran’s atomic activities after various setbacks. Iranian nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami, speaking…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who chairs the Eurasian Economic Union, will chair the jubilee summit of the organization, which will take place on May 8 in Moscow. Yuri Ushakov, assistant to the Russian President, informed the journalists about this in a briefing. “The session is dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the signing…
The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Turkey met within the framework of the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Gambia. Jeyhun Bayramov and Hakan Fidan exchanged thoughts about Baku-Ankara alliance relations, which, according to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, are dynamically developing and have reached a qualitatively…
The Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Turkish Parliament, Fuat Oktay, met with the Republican Senators Jim Risch and Thom Tillis and the Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen as part of his visit to Washington. According to Turkish media, during the negotiations Turkey’s bid to purchase F-16 fighter jets from the US, the…
In a phone call with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, President of the European Council, Charles Michel discussed the recent developments in Georgia and reiterated the EU’s full support to all Georgians “who put European future of their country first,” Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. “Georgian citizens’ call for an open democratic and pluralistic society…
Former US President Donald Trump has developed a detailed plan on resolving the Ukrainian conflict peacefully, but will not reveal it until the election, the Daily Telegraph reported, citing an anonymous source close to the politician. “There is a plan, but he’s not going to debate it with cable news networks because then you…
President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili had a telephone conversation with the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, and announced that the bill ‘On transparency of foreign influence’ being considered by the country’s parliament hinders Tbilisi’s integration into the European Union, the Georgian president’s office said. “During a long telephone conversation with the President…
“Georgian Prime Minister [Irakli Kobakhidze] was invited to the U.S. with the agreement that before the visit, the Georgian Parliament would temporarily suspend the debate on a draft bill “on the transparency of foreign influence,” the country’s Foreign Ministry has said, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. “Today, the U.S. ambassador’s statement was issued, stating that…
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is breaking agreements by blocking ports for Israeli imports and exports, Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz stated in his X page. “This is how a dictator behaves, disregarding the interests of the Turkish people and businessmen, and ignoring international trade agreements. I have instructed the Director General of the Israel MFA…
Matthew Miller, US State Department Spokesperson, issued a statement regarding the advancement of “Law on the Transparency of Foreign Influence”. The statement, particularly reads: “The United States condemns the Kremlin-inspired “foreign influence” legislation advanced in Georgia’s parliament earlier today and the false narrative government officials have adopted to defend it. Members of the ruling…
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Wednesday said Georgia would adopt the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence and at the same time would become a member of the European Union, agenda.ge reports The most important thing is to protect “national dignity and principles”, which will “bring results in all directions”, Kobakhidze…
Police on Wednesday, May 1, detained dozens of protesters attempting to tear down barricades in different districts of Istanbul after authorities banned May 1 rallies at the city’s main Taksim Square. Tens of thousands of police were deployed across Istanbul, blocking even small sidestreets with metal barriers in an attempt to prevent groups of protesters…
A plenary session of the Georgian Parliament on Wednesday resumed deliberations on the bill on transparency of foreign influence, reintroduced by the ruling Georgian Dream party against public protests, in its second hearing, agenda.ge reports. The session will review the draft law, which calls for registration of non-commercial legal entities and media outlets in…
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev welcomes the agreement of Azerbaijan and Armenia to hold their negotiations in Almaty, Kazakhstan for the preparation of a peace treaty between them. “I welcome the agreement of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia regarding the holding of [their] foreign ministers’ negotiations, on the proposal of…
