Sunday, February 22, 2026

Ivanishvili expects NATO membership plan next year

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Prime Minister of Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili (right), expects NATO to commit to making Georgia a member through a Membership Action Plan in 2014. On the left, Switzerland’s Ambassador to Georgia, Guenther Baechler. (Official Photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The new government expects Georgia to receive a membership action plan (MAP) next year.

Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said this Tuesday at the 22. anniversary of the Georgian army.

The head of government has often had to defend himself against

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NATO experts discuss reopening Abkhazia railway

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Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili during the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Rose Roth Seminar in Tbilisi this week. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The plan to reopen a railway through breakaway Abkhazia came up during a NATO seminar in Tbilisi.

Lawrence Scott Sheets, South Caucasus Project Director for the International Crisis Group, said during the 83rd Rose Roth Seminar of NATO’s

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Ivanishvili optimistic about NATO membership prospects

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Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili (center) attending NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Rose Roth Seminar in Tbilisi. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–‘A magical recipe for Georgia’s NATO integration without offending Russia is Georgia becoming an interesting country,’ says Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.

He said this Monday as he attended the 83rd Rose Roth Seminar of NATO’s

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Ivanishvili says Georgia has softer tone towards Russia

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Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili speaking from his business center in Tbilisi. (Rustavi 2.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said Friday that Georgia has softened its tone towards Russia in the new security doctrine. But Defense Minister Irakli Alasania and Secretary of the National Security Council Giga Bokeria deny that Georgia

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Georgia offers Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway for ISAF exit

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NATO’s Caucasus and Central Asia envoy James Appathurai (left) and Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Maia Panjikidze in Brussels today. (Ministry photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia offers NATO to use the new Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway to ship equipment out of Afghanistan after the ISAF mission finishes in 2014, Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze says.

Construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, one of the largest

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Georgia raises salaries for its soldiers in Afghanistan

Irakli Alasania wants to improve conditions for Georgia's soldiers in Afghanistan. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s Defense Ministry plans to improve conditions for Georgian soldiers serving in NATO’s ISAF mission to Afghanistan.

Defense Minister Irakli Alasania on Friday stated that the salary will be increased for Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan

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Tbilisi welcomes missile defense despite warning

TBILISI, DFWatch – A Georgian parliamentarian from the governing party welcomes the idea of Georgia as location for parts of the U.S. missile defense system. Davit Darchiashvili, who heads parliament’s EU integration committee, said it while commenting statements by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that if America places parts of its missile defense in Georgia, … Read more

Fighting in Afghanistan for Georgia's Security

Georgia has increased its military presence in the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan making it the biggest non-NATO contributor to ISAF operations. The Georgian parliament supported this decision and the Christian Democratic Movement of Georgia voted in favor. This was a well thought-out decision designed for making Georgia a part of a global security … Read more