Civil Georgia
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 06:27
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier hailed close bilateral ties with Tbilisi, reiterated Germany’s support to Georgia’s European integration, saying that the country is closer to visa-free regime with the EU, and also expressed Berlin’s support to Georgia’s NATO integration.
Monday, December 8, 2014 - 06:27
Russia’s large-scale artillery drills ongoing in North Caucasus and in breakaway South Ossetia is “yet another destructive step” directed against Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said on December 6.
Friday, December 5, 2014 - 05:55
The U.S. House of Representatives passed on December 4 with 411 votes to 10 a resolution condemning Russia’s “continuing political, economic, and military aggression” against Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 06:36
NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai, said implementation of a substantial package, endorsed by the Alliance at the Wales summit for Georgia, “is going well.”
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 04:29
NATO will contribute to a planned Georgia-NATO training centre with embedded NATO trainers, secretary general of the alliance Jens Stoltenberg said following the meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels on December 2.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 06:24
Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Grigory Karasin, said that there is no pause in the “process of normalization” of relations in areas “where it is possible” between Moscow and Tbilisi and added that now it’s time to consider how to proceed further.
Monday, December 1, 2014 - 06:32
Prime Minister (PM) Irakli Garibashvili said on November 27 that “even stronger” Interior Ministry is a “prerequisite” of country’s “success and strength.”
Monday, November 24, 2014 - 06:18
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin met Abkhaz leader Raul Khajimba in Sochi on November 24 and signed new treaty between Russia and the breakaway region on “alliance and strategic partnership.” Putin said before the talks that Russia will “double” assistance to Abkhazia, which politically, economically and militarily already relies heavily on Moscow.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 06:39
Nino Burjanadze, the leader of non-parliamentary opposition Democratic Movement-United Georgia party, said that Russia-proposed new treaty with breakaway Abkhazia was Moscow’s reaction to Tbilisi’s endless talk of NATO training center in Georgia and the country should now decide between “illusionary NATO membership” and restoration of territorial integrity.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 06:38
Speaking to Georgian journalists on November 18 before wrapping up his two-day visit, the PM said while commenting on his meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that “new stage is beginning” in relations between Georgia and NATO. Implementation of the “substantive package” of cooperation, which NATO offered to Georgia at its summit in Wales in September, was the main topic of discussion during that meeting on November 17.