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US senator makes lobby for Bosnia, Georgia, Macedonia, and Montenegro NATO accession

U.S. Republican Senator Richard Lugar has introduced the NATO Enlargement Bill, calling on President Obama to provide “a clear roadmap” for the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, and Montenegro to NATO at the Chicago summit in late May.

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France and Georgia discuss military cooperation

Georgia’s Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia and the new French ambassador to Georgia Renaud Salins met in Tbilisi and discussed issues of cooperation in military area. The sides discussed the priority areas of cooperation between the two countries’ defense ministries, as well as plans for the future. The importance of Georgian …

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Georgian President ends visit to Azerbaijan

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s official visit to Azerbaijan ends on March 7 A guard of honor was lined up at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, decorated with state flags of two countries, in honor of the distinguished guest. The President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili was seen off by First Deputy …

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Georgia to scrap visas for Russian citizens

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has said on Wednesday that he wants to scrap visa requirements for Russians. “Let every Russian citizen know that they can come to Georgia without a visa, do business here, spend holidays in our resorts, see their friends and relatives,” he said. Bilateral visa restrictions were …

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EU will monitor pre-election in Georgia

The EU acknowledges the European choice of Georgia. It welcomes the efforts to conduct reforms and underlines the great importance of fair parliamentary and presidential elections. It declares that it will closely monitor the events in the country during the pre-election period, the EU

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OSCE Economic Forum to be held in May in Georgia

The OSCE Economic Forum will be held in Batumi in May. An agreement was reached at OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou’s meeting with the Georgian parliamentary delegation in Vienna. Efthymiou told journalists on Friday that together with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili he visited Batumi. The forum will be attended …

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Turkish President and Georgian counterpart to attend international conference in Azerbaijan

Turkish President Abdullah Gul and President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili are expected to attend the International Conference “Building Bridges”, to be held in September in Gabala, President of the Association for Civil Society Development (ACSD) in Azerbaijan, MP Elkhan Suleymanov told the press on Friday. He said the conference will …

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Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey should increase economic cooperation, says Turkish economy minister

The Tbilisi Business Forum contributes to development and deepening of economic relations between Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey, Economy Minister of Turkey Zafer Caglayan, who arrived in Georgia to attend Georgian-Azerbaijani-Turkish Business Forum, told journalists in Tbilisi.

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