Moscow is interested in accelerating the process of normalizing relations with Washington but an effort on both sides will be needed for that, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. “Certainly, we would like to see stronger momentum, and we are committed to that. However, moving forward requires impetus from both sides,” Peskov emphasized,…
Sergey Lavrov’s statement is positively evaluated by our government. The fact that Russia will welcome and support reconciliation is a good thing, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said, answering the media’s question about the statement of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, according to which Moscow says it is ready to help Georgia “in the process of…
Reuters. There are no plans for U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet “in the immediate future,” a senior White House official said on Tuesday, days after Trump floated another summit with his Russian counterpart. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also have no…
The European Union does not have evidence of Chinese weapons supplies to Russia, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at a forum in Singapore, TASS reports. “China has committed not to supply arms [to Russia] and we don’t have evidence that this is happening,” he said, taking questions from participants in the…
Syria has welcomed the initialing of the “historic” Armenian-Azerbaijani peace agreement in Washington, the Syrian foreign ministry has said, lauding the US for making it possible. In a statement, the Syrian foreign ministry said the accords will contribute to the establishment of peace and security in the South Caucasus and strengthen the principle of…
Reuters. Former French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on Monday (October 6) that he no longer understood President Emmanuel Macron’s decisions, speaking on the French channel TF1. He spoke after outgoing French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu was asked by the president to start two days of last-ditch talks on Tuesday (October 7) with members of…
During online consultations with the Abkhaz “foreign ministry,” attended by the region’s top diplomat Inal Ardzinba and Sokhumi-based reporters, Russian Foreign Ministry (MID) spokesperson Maria Zakharova spoke of Georgia’s sovereignty, Geneva International Discussions, as well as her memories from Abkhazia, among others. On Georgia’s Sovereignty Maria Zakharova said, “we treat Georgia as a sovereign state,…
Reuters. Israel’s widely expected ground invasion of Lebanon appeared to be getting underway early on Tuesday (October 1) as its military said troops had begun “limited” raids against Hezbollah targets in the border area. The military said in a statement that it had begun “limited, localized, and targeted ground raids based on precise intelligence”…
US President Joe Biden had a phone conversation with former US President, Republican Donald Trump, after the shootings at a rally in Pennsylvania, the White House reports. Biden called for an end to political violence after gunfire erupted at Republican challenger Donald Trump’s political rally in Pennsylvania earlier on Saturday, saying in televised remarks…
The number of victims of earthquakes in Turkey has exceeded 38,044, in Syria – 9,000, the total number exceeds 47,000, TASS reports. The Turkish Government’s emergency department says that casualties from the earthquakes were reported in Kahramanmaras, Osmaniye, Hatay, Kilis, Gaziantep, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa, Adana, Adıyaman, Malatya and Elazig. On Friday night in the south of…
The National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) issued a statement on 18 December calling on “international organisations and the democratic world” to impose targeted sanctions against the ruling regime in Azerbaijan over political repression, Azerbaijani media reports. In the statement, the NCDF cited “groundless accusations” and arrests of political opponents of the regime, prominent…
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree defining the procedure for accepting foreign citizens to serve in the Russian Armed Forces. It is published on the portal of legal acts. Now Russians with a second citizenship will be drafted into the army for military service and under a contract. In accordance with the decree, military service…
The trial of French actor Gerard Depardieu on sexual assault charges opened on Monday in the absence of the celebrity, who had declared himself to be ill, RTE reports. His lawyer, Jeremie Assous, had said earlier that Depardieu, 75, was “extremely affected” by ill health, and that he had asked for proceedings to be…
A firefighting helicopter crashed Wednesday as it headed to the Turkish port of Marmaris to combat a wildfire, killing two crew members, Turkey’s Interior Ministry said, ABC News reports. The ministry said five others also on the helicopter were injured. The helicopter crew included two Russians and five Turkish citizens, but the ministry did not…
Russia is alarmed by the “language of conflict” present in China-related provisions of the United States’ updated National Security Strategy, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, commenting on the document, TASS reports. “The document’s provisions on the Asia-Pacific Region are alarming because of the language of conflict with regard to China, as well…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the West’s job should not be to hope for a Ukrainian victory, but to mediate a peace deal. “We should not be on the side of Russia or Ukraine, but between them,” he said, adding that the policy of imposing anti-Russian sanctions did not work. Oleg Nikolenko, spokesman for…
The Wall Street Journal: Yaroslav Trofimov – Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for the interview with The Wall Street Journal. I will start with the most difficult questions. Recently, we witnessed dramatic events in Nagorno-Karabakh. Do you have concerns that a full-scale war could spread to the territory of sovereign Armenia, and in your opinion,…
Türkiye will not discuss any energy-related projects with Israel without a cease-fire in Palestine’s Gaza as it would be disrespectful to its Palestinian brothers and sisters who are experiencing great brutality, the country’s energy minister has said. “In an environment of such great brutality, human drama, it would be disrespectful to humanity, to our…
In the event of a conflict with Russia, Georgia will be left alone, no one will fight for it, as well as for Ukraine, said the speaker of the Georgian parliament, Shalva Papuashvili. He expressed this opinion in an interview with the Georgian newspaper “Kviris Palitra”. Papuashvili thus explained why Georgia does not…
Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Yasin Huseynzadeh, who was found guilty of the terrorist attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran, Iranian judicial spokesman Asghar Jahangir said at a press conference. According to him, the sentence has been sent to the Tehran court for execution. According to the information,…
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday said the Abkhazian railway in Abkhazia “can be restored only when the country becomes reunited,” agenda.ge reports. In remarks at the Georgian Parliament to present the annual report on the work of the Government, Garibashvili noted the public was being deceived that there were “secret” negotiations underway…
NATO will soon supply Ukraine with hundreds of pieces of equipment to combat unmanned aerial vehicles. As NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, speaking at the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum, these are hundreds of active jamming stations. Earlier, Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said that the…
Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday after seven years of closure, nearly three months after the two countries agreed to restore bilateral ties under a Chinese-brokered deal, Reuters reports. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Alireza Bigdeli and Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Consular Affairs Ali Al-Yousef cut the ribbon at…
U.S . Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan French Ambassador to Georgia Diego Colass EU Ambassador to Georgia Pawel Herczynski Dear ambassadors, it is already the third day that the so-called “Environmentalists” organized by the Azerbaijan authorities have closed the only corridor connecting Armenia with Nagorno-Karabakh, due to which hundreds of thousands…
During the working visit of the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Levan Davitashvili, to China, a Memorandum of Understanding on the Development of Transport Corridors for the China-Europe Railway Express, Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (Middle Corridor) was signed, Business Media reports. The agreement aims to deepen cooperation between Georgia and China to enhance…
Today marks the opening of EUMA operating base in Ijevan, EU mission in Armenia said in an X (former Twitter) post. “Head of Mission Markus Ritter together with Head of EU Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Vassilis Maragos, Deputy Defence Minister Hrachya Sargsyan, and Governor of Tavush Province Hayk Ghalumyan cut the ribbon to the…
US President Donald Trump, along with Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, will make a statement at 00:30 Moscow time on Tuesday, December 23, with an undisclosed topic. This became known on December 22 from the official schedule published on the website of the State Department. “At 16:30 (December…
The world’s population is expected to grow to an estimated 10.3 billion people in the mid-2080s, according to a new report from the United Nations, USA Today reports. That’s up from the current global population of 8.2 billion people. The United Nations report identified the following population trends: The estimated size of…
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian urged OPEC members to unite against possible U.S. sanctions, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would seek to drive Tehran’s oil exports to zero, Reuters reports. “I believe that if OPEC members are united and work together, the U.S. would not be able to sanction and pressure one of…
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline got Caspian oil with organic chlorides, which can damage the refinery equipment. Some parties have reached Europe, EA Daily reports. The oil supplied via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline contains oil with organic chlorides, which are used to increase the extraction of raw materials. British BP reported that it is…
