TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian citizen who was arrested for spying in the breakaway region South Ossetia has been set free after a meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) held on July 30 in Ergneti.
IPRM is a series of meetings
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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