TBILISI, DFWatch–As Georgia’s parliament prepares to declare the country’s foreign policy, the opposition National Movement has lashed out at the ruling party for wanting a ‘pragmatic’ policy toward Russia.
Georgia aspires to NATO and EU membership, parliamentarians are preparing to declare,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The two countries, which were at war with each other eight years ago, both expressed interest in continuing a pragmatic course in order to normalize relations, according to a statement put out by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
TBILISI, DFWatch–Nino Burjanadze, leader of the Georgian opposition party Democratic Movement, recently visited Moscow and met with Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin. The parties did not disclose the topic of the meeting.
Her party’s press
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 and Russia plan to hold a meeting of experts on trade and economic issues.
The meeting will also deal with Georgia’s signing of a new treaty with the European Union about reforms and free trade.
On the agenda is two treaties that Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Negotiators for Georgia and Russia are to discuss the possibility of holding a top level meeting between the presidents of the two countries.
Gregory Karasin, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of Russia, said on Wednesday that his next meeting with
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili says he is ready to have direct dialogue with Russian leaders.
Gharibashvili’s statement was a response to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said on Monday that he is willing to meet with President
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president says he will ‘carefully and seriously analyze’ a statement made by Russian President Vladimir Putin about a possible meeting between the two of them.
When Georgian journalists attending the Sochi Winter Olympics asked Putin about
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s parliament speaker said Monday that the country’s main political priority is signing the Association Agreement with the EU and that all the other issues are subordinate to this priority.
Summing up the year 2013 at a press conference, Davit
TBILISI, DFWatch–Four members of the organization Free Zone were detained on Friday during a protest against a meeting at Hotel Vere-Palace in Tbilisi dedicated to closer relations between Georgia and Russia.
Demonstrators blocked the road as they blew whistles and