The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (MFA) expresses concern regarding the visit to Georgia by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Finland, Elina Valtonen, in her capacity as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. The Ministry addresses the OSCE Secretariat and participating states with a protest note, the Foreign Ministry told…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who is paying an official visit to Moscow, having arrived on the previous day, TASS reports. In addition to pressing issues of bilateral cooperation, the sides are expected to exchange views on the situation in the Middle East in light of the…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he will have a quadrilateral meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, French President Emmanuel Macron and President of the European Council Charles Michel during the informal summit of the European Union in Prague. Pashinyan stated this at the Parliament-Government question-and-answer session. Speaking in Parliament, PM Pashinyan also said that…
The State Department began firing more than 1,300 people on Friday as part of a dramatic overhaul of the agency, according to a State Department official, CNN reports. The firings will affect 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service officers in Washington, DC, an internal notice seen by CNN said. It comes as the…
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4 occurred in the eastern province of Malatya, Turkey, the Disaster Management Department reports. According to the department’s message on X social network, tremors were registered in Battalgazi region. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at a depth of 8.76 km. On January 1, an earthquake…
A plenary session of parliament is discussing the impeachment of Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili. A quorum of 87 registered MPs is present. 100 votes are needed to impeach the president, civil.ge reports. Opposition parties – “United National Movement”, “For Georgia”, “Strategy Aghmashenebeli” do not attend the meetings, they and other opposition parties – “Citizens”,…
Lebanese and Israeli envoys will meet for the second time in two weeks in Washington on April 23, building on nascent contacts between the states, with Lebanon hoping for the extension of a shaky ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel. The 10-day, US-mediated ceasefire is set to expire on April 26. Underlining its fragility,…
The Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Georgia mourns with the friendly Georgian people the loss of human lives as a result of the helicopter crash during the rescue operation in Gudauri. This is stated in the Facebook post of the Armenian Embassy to Georgia. “We express our deepest condolences and support to the…
The death toll from the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to 2,295. More than 11,000 people have been injured. According to the President of the National Assembly, Venezuelan and foreign rescue teams, along with volunteers, have pulled nearly 6,500 people alive from the rubble. The magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes struck on June 24,…
A third individual died in hospital following a tragic explosion at the shooting range on Bochorma Street in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi earlier today, agenda.ge reports. The Interior Ministry said one of its employees was among the deceased and extended condolences to the families of the victims of the incident, which killed three people and…
Ukraine has the opportunity to join the European Union at the beginning of the next decade, that is, after 2030. This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski. According to media reports, the politician emphasized that Ukraine already has candidate status, which is an important…
Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine, holding a surprise Mother’s Day meeting with first lady Olena Zelenska to show U.S. support for the people of Ukraine, ABC News reports. She became the latest high-profile American to enter Ukraine during the special military operation while Zelenska’s public appearance was her first since the conflict….
The EU mission in Armenia posted on X’s page about the situation on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. “EUMA again patrolled on the Armenian side of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border today, our monitors didn’t observe any unusual military movements. It was a calm and peaceful Easter Monday,” the statement on X reads.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna has “firmly” warned her Iranian counterpart against any extension of the conflict between Israel and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, France’s Foreign Ministry said in the statement, Iran Wire reports. Colonna met with Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Geneva on November 16, amid concerns the war between Israel and Tehran-backed Hamas in…
Reuters. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday (March 26) that the military had eliminated Iran’s IRGC navy commander Alireza Tangsiri. There was no immediate confirmation from Tehran. An experienced commander in place since 2018, Tangsiri has played a significant part in Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Նյութերը գեներացվում են…
The Turkish president on Thursday said after an upcoming foreign ministers meeting, the leaders of Russia, Turkey, and Syria may also meet to discuss peace and stability in Syria, depending on developments. “Depending on the developments, we may come together as the Russian, Turkish, and Syrian leaders. So, our aim is to establish peace…
The Georgian Dream Government announced it had filed a lawsuit in the Constitutional Court regarding the separation of powers with President Salome Zurabishvili over the ambassadorial (non)appointments, civil.ge reports. “The Government of Georgia considers that the rejection of the nominations by the President of Georgia for the appointment and dismissal of ambassadors does not constitute its…
NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Javier Colomina will visit the region. According to media reports, Kolomina will arrive in Georgia, then he will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Russia has no objections to Ukraine joining the European Union, which is not a military organization, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday. “The EU is not a military organization or a military-political bloc, in contrast to NATO. We have always said, and I have always said that…
Azerbaijan has once again accused French President Emmanuel Macron of pro-Armenian bias. Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesman Aykhan Hajizada said Macron’s remarks from UN podium are “yet another example of France’s biased pro-Armenian approach to both our country and the peace process in genera.” According to the spokesman, “it is unacceptable that France, which…
Reuters. French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at Seoul Air Base in South Korea on Thursday (April 2) for a two-day state visit following his trip to Japan. Macron is expected to visit the War Memorial in Seoul later on Thursday, and have dinner with South Korean president Lee Jae Myung at the Blue House….
Reuters. Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was formally nominated as Japan’s first female prime minister on Tuesday (October 21) after winning votes in parliament’s both lower house and upper house. An acolyte of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and an admirer of Britain’s Margaret Thatcher, Takaichi received 237 votes in the lower house election to…
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…
Canada supports efforts to establish peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia as soon as possible, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said at a meeting with board members of the Network of Azerbaijani Canadians. The foreign minister noted that Canada hopes for the soonest successful completion of the peace talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia under the…
Reuters. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan raised “economic issues that are important for Turkey” during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday, a Turkish diplomatic source said. The two ministers, who met on the sidelines of a BRICS meeting in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, also discussed developments in Gaza,…
Reuters. President Donald Trump said on Thursday (June 11) the United States would hit Iran with ‘bigger, more powerful’ bombs after strikes by both sides in the Gulf undermined a shaky ceasefire. Iranian sources and Western officials said indirect U.S.-Iranian talks on a preliminary peace deal had intensified. But a worsening of hostilities this…
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for talks in the capital Ankara, the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications announced Friday. Erdoğan and Lavrov held a closed-door meeting at the Presidential Complex and no further information was released about the meeting but Lavrov met with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu…
President of Azerbaijan and ExxonMobil signed an energy deal on Thursday (August 7) at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington, D.C., Reuters reports. ExxonMobil Vice President John Ardill and Azerbaijan Minister of the Economy Mikayil Jabbarov sat side by side as they signed the agreement. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Azerbaijan President Ilham…
Reuters. U.S President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (April 8) all U.S. ships, aircraft, and military personnel would stay in place in and around Iran until it fully complied with a deal. “All U.S. Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition, Weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal…
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich referred to the remarks by Ararat Mirzoyan, Armenian Foreign Minister, during the Special Permanent Council convened by the initiative of Armenia. He particularly said: “Unfortunately, the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh is developing according to a negative scenario. The humanitarian crisis in the area…
