TBILISI, DFWatch–President of the European Council Donald Tusk on Tuesday visited an area near the disputed border with South Ossetia where Russian border guards recently installed new signs.
Tusk went to the area near Khurvaleti and Tsitelubani,
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Both sides speak of provocations at South Ossetia field meeting
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian and South Ossetian negotiators met Monday for field talks called following a series of border incidents.
The Georgian view is that newly installed signs are illegal and the border has been moved, while South Ossetia’s view is that the
Georgia signs defense procurement deal in France
TBILISI, DFWatch–Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli on Monday finally signed a procurement deal with a company in France which is meant to bolster Georgia’s air defenses.
The content of the agreement is secret.
Signing the document in France on June 15, she said the treaty
Khidasheli: Defense deal with France will be signed by end of June
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s new defense minister has sided with her predecessor Mindia Janelidze in an argument with former Defense Minister Irakli Alasania about an agreement with France about buying air defense systems.
Tina Khidasheli said in a recent interview
Two more people detained at disputed S.O. border as parties meet
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two more people were detained on the disputed border with one of Georgia’s breakaway regions on Monday.
The incident took place the same day as the parties were gathered in a border village for EU- and OSCE-hosted negotiations.
The
Georgia's defense minister says new anti-aircraft system is on schedule
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Defense Minister Mindia Janelidze explained in parliament Wednesday that a defense deal with France has not been put on hold.
His predecessor Irakli Alasania accused the government of halting the planned installation of new air
Russia sends forces for exercises inside Georgian breakaway regions
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia is massing military forces inside the breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and announcing that it is starting military exercises.
Official Tbilisi calls on the international community to react to this violation of Georgia’s
Georgian PM: We are ready for negotiations with Russia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Garibashivli says Georgia is ready for negotiations with Russia. The two countries have not had diplomatic relations since fighting a brief war more than six years ago.
Georgia’s pro-European course stands firm, the PM
Smiling faces, little substance after security council session
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s president and prime minister laid their differences to rest on Tuesday and put on big smiles for a session of the National Security Council.
The session was called by President Giorgi Margvelashvili to come up with ideas for how to respond
Georgian PM to attend security council meeting
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian prime minister unexpectedly announced that he will attend a meeting today of the National Security Council, which was called by the president to respond to a proposed new pact between Russia and breakaway Abkhazia.
Despite