Friday, December 5, 2025

Saakashvili says NATO must not hesitate this time

NATO hesitated in 2008, and the result was a war, says Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili says 2012 has many parallels to 2008, and that NATO needs to show decisiveness to avoid a new war between Georgia and Russia.

He says NATO hesitated in 2008, and must show more decisiveness at a summit in Chicago

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Saakashvili commits to having extra election observers

The Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili is hopefully looking forward to NATO's summit in Chicago in May, inviting extra election observers which might improve his country's democratic credentials. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian president calls on the international community to send ultra long-term election observers to his country before the parliamentary elections in October.

Rights groups and part of the opposition have been appealing to the world to send

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What can we expect from Westerwelle's visit?

Levan Vepkhvadze is Vice Speaker of Parliament, representing the Christian Democrats. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

We have bad experience with a German Foreign Minister’s visits to Georgia. Former Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Georgia several weeks before the August war in 2008. He brought along a map with several points for how to solve the Abkhazian conflict.

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What are Georgia's chances of NATO membership?

A number of articles and statements have been boosting our hopes that NATO membership is within Georgia’s grasp. There are several arguments made to this effect, some more serious than others, writes Tedo Djapharidze, Georgia’s former ambassador to the United States. This rhetoric surely reflects a commitment to this objective, which no one disputes; but … Read more