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Russia has deployed an S-300 air defense system in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, Russian media reported on Wednesday, citing the commander of the Russian Air Force. “We have placed an S-300 system in Abkhazia. It will protect the airspace of Abkhazia and South Ossetia,” Gen-Col Alexander Zelenin said.

Tbilisi expressed an official protest over the Russian president’s recent visit to the former Georgian republic of Abkhazia, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said. Russian President Dmitry

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid a surprise visit to the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia, where he pledged further support for Abkhazia and South Ossetia as the two regions commemorated the 2008 five-day war.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received copies of credentials of Moldovan new ambassador to Azerbaijan Igor Bodyu, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.

The U.S. delegation consisting of U.S. congressmen will arrive in Tbilisi August 1. The Georgian Parliament told trend that the meeting will begin August 2. Members of the delegation will meet with representatives of the U.S. embassy, members of

Russia and Georgia concluded on Tuesday their 12th round of internationally-mediated talks, failing to reach any concrete agreement on resolving major security and humanitarian issues left over by their brief war in 2008.

Acting Moldovan President Mihai Ghimpu is planning a trip to Georgia. Ghimpu made the announcement today in Chisinau during a meeting with a Georgian delegation. Ghimpu also said that Moldova has already

Participants in Geneva consultations on South Caucasus will make on Tuesday yet another attempt to draw up a document providing non-aggression guarantees between Georgia and its republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The Geneva talks on security in the South Caucasus were first held in October 2008, following a five-day …

The Georgian government will send humanitarian aid and rescuers to Moldova today after mass flooding.  Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili spoke with the Moldovan government over the telephone this week and offered to build a village for victims in Georgia. 

The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has today received Georgia’s Prime Minister Nika Gilauri. The Georgian Premier conveyed President Mikheil Saakashvili’s greetings to the Azerbaijani leader.