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Georgia's Russia envoy Abashidze answers president's criticism

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Zurab Abashidze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Diplomat Zurab Abashidze has expressed astonishment at a statement by President Giorgi Margvelashvili that he had not properly handled a critical remark by a Russian diplomat.

Abashidze, whose full title is Prime Minister’s

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Georgian and Russian diplomats clash over new South Ossetia treaty

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Davit Dondua. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian and Georgian diplomats meeting in Geneva for regular talks clashed over a new treaty Russia signed yesterday with the breakaway region South Ossetia.

At the latest round of talks, which ended on Wednesday, Georgia brought up the

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Russia invites Georgia to establish diplomatic relations

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Gregory Karasin, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia thinks Georgia should take the first steps toward restoring diplomatic relations, but Georgia answers that restoring diplomatic relations with Russia is not on the agenda right now.

Gregory Karasin, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister,

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Abashidze-Karasin talks planned for March 4 in Prague

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Zurab Abashidze (left), the Georgian Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Russian Relations, and Gregory Karasin, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The next meeting between Russian and Georgian negotiators might take place on March 4 or 5.

Zurab Abashidze, the Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Russian Relations, told Interpressnews that the meeting will be held in Prague.

At this

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Georgia and Russia to discuss top level meeting

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Grigory Karasin, Russian Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister. (Interpressnews.)

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

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Georgia and Russia to meet in Prague in mid September

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Zurab Abashidze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia and Russia plan another round of direct talks in Prague in the middle of September.

The Georgian Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Russian Relations, Zurab Abashidze, told journalists on Tuesday that the details of the meeting are

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