Nagorno-Karabakh

18 natives of Georgia’s Javakheti killed in Karabakh war: local media

By | October 20th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |

Photos of those fallen in Karabakh are displayed at Surb Khach (The Holy Cross) church in Akhalkalaki. (Jnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch--At least 18 natives of Georgia’s Javakheti region have died in the ongoing Karabakh war, an Akhalkalaki-based news website reports. The list published on Jnews.ge includes both volunteers and military personnel. Many natives of Javakheti live in [...]

“Clear disinformation”: Georgia denies allowing Turkish weapons shipments to Azerbaijan

By | October 5th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

Lasha Darsalia. (1tv.ge) TBILISI, DFWatch--Georgia categorically denies rumors spread on various social networks that weapons are being brought to Azerbaijan through its territory and calls on the Armenian side not to rely on such misinformation and fake news. "We observe that various types of misinformation and fakes are spread in the social space, as if weapons [...]

Tensions high in Georgia as ethnic Armenians, Azerbaijanis rally to support sides in Karabakh war

By | September 29th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

Registration of volunteers at Ninotsminda stadium. (Radio Nor) Ongoing armed conflict between Azerbaijan and breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh has had strong repercussion in Georgia with its ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijan minorities. Both groups hold mass rallies in support of their ethnically kin states. People in Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda, two municipalities in southern part of the country [...]

One Armenian and one Azerbaijani MP concerned by Karabakh escalation

By | April 6th, 2016|Categories: Minorities, News|Tags: , , |

Ruslan Pogosyan and Ali Mamedov. (parliament.ge.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Two parliamentarians from the governing Georgian Dream coalition – one of Armenian, the other of Azerbaijani origin – express concern over the military situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after the recent escalation in hostilities. “We call […]

Fighters recruited among Georgia’s minorities for Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

By | April 6th, 2016|Categories: Minorities, News|Tags: , |

Arnold Stepanyan. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh has complicated relations between the Armenian and Azerbaijani communities in Georgia. A small group of Georgian citizens plan to go to fight in case the conflict continues. […]

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Georgia may offer to host negotiations

By | April 4th, 2016|Categories: Caucasus region|Tags: , |

Vakhtang Kapanadze. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is considering offering Azerbaijan and Armenia to negotiate about the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, where at least 33 people have died and more than 200 have been injured during the last few days, according to the United Nations. […]

MP criticizes Georgia’s support for ‘anti-Armenian’ water resolution in CoE

By | February 18th, 2016|Categories: Caucasus region|Tags: , , , , |

Azerbaijan and Armenia are technically still at war over the region Nagorno-Karabakh. (Pirveli.) TBILISI, DFWatch–An ethnic Armenian member of the Georgian parliament criticized some of his colleagues on Wednesday for voting for a controversial Council of Europe resolution regarding access to water in Nagorno-Karabakh. Samvel Petrosyan, […]

Georgia TV channel hyped crisis over Karabakh comment

By | January 16th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian TV channel Rustavi 2 claimed there was a crisis between Georgia and Armenia after the Georgian Foreign Minister was misquoted regarding Nagorno-Karabakh. The comment fell during a visit to Lithuania. Mrs Panjikidze was asked by […]