Friday, December 5, 2025

South Ossetia parliament to discuss joining Russia

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Tskhinvali, the capital of the Georgian breakaway region South Ossetia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The de facto parliament in South Ossetia plans to start discussing the issue of joining Russia.

It was the parliament’s speaker who said this on Monday, as quoted by Itar-Tass.

“We do not renounce our slogans, there will be no two-pronged

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Georgian, Turkish and Azerbaijani presidents meet in Tbilisi

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Turkey’s President Abdullah Gül (left) and Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey met in Tbilisi on Tuesday and celebrated the cooperation between their countries.

The summit was initiated by the Turkish president and the main topic was three joint projects. Two of them are already

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Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan foreign ministers meet

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The foreign affairs ministers of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey, respectively: Maia Panjikidze (left), Elmar Mammadyarov, and Ahmet Davutoglu. (Georgian MFA.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The foreign ministers of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey met on Wednesday in Azerbaijan’s second largest city Ganja to discuss regional cooperation.

Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze said they talked about the 2013-15 action plan, which

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Naturalized Chechen refugee not allowed to leave Georgia

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Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Public Defender’s Office in Georgia calls on the Interior Ministry to react to the violation of the rights of a Georgian citizen who last month was prohibited three times from leaving Georgia.

Saikhan Muzayev complained to the office on January 20

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Russia's South Ossetia fences now stretch 35 km

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The barbed wire bundles in Dvani. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The length of barbed wire and fences along the delineation line with the breakaway region South Ossetia is now 35 kilometers.

Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze says 65 Georgian families have been affected as result of the installation of barbed wire

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NATO and EU concerned about Russian borderization

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Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton express concern about the recent actions by Russian soldiers who are expanding the de facto border around the breakaway region South Ossetia and installing

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Russia was asked about Georgian occupation at PACE

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Member of parliament Tina Khidasheli. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia avoided questions about the occupation of Georgian territory during a debate of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

Georgia’s delegation was not given an opportunity to ask questions.

Speaker for the Russian

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Saakashvili warns against Russian moves to take lands in west

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President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili claims Russia is planning to put the Baku-Supsa pipeline, Ganmukhuri and other territories in the Samegerelo region behind barbed wire.

Saakashvili said Tuesday that he believes the moving of barbed wires and fences

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