Friday, December 5, 2025

Smiling faces, little substance after security council session

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili (left) and Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili shaking hands Tuesday. (Photo published on Facebook by the president’s office.)

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

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Georgian PM to attend security council meeting

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Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian prime minister unexpectedly announced that he will attend a meeting today of the National Security Council, which was called by the president to respond to a proposed new pact between Russia and breakaway Abkhazia.

Despite

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Close Saakashvili ally questioned about embezzlement

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Giga Bokeria claims he was called in for questioning for political reasons. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prosecutors in Georgia Friday questioned the former secretary of the country’s Security Council in an embezzlement case.

Walking out after five hours inside the Prosecutor’s Office, Giga Bokeria said the interrogation was conducted in a peaceful

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Georgia creates an additional security council

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Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili has created a consulting group named the Security Council that will work on issues concerning Georgia’s internal and external safety.

The council has almost the same duties and responsibilities as the National

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Georgian Security Council secretary resigns, as promised

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Giga Bokeria has resigned as Secretary of Georgia’s National Security Council. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Secretary of Georgia’s National Security Council, Giga Bokeria, has resigned a few days before the inauguration of the new president.

Bokeria’s letter of resignation is dated November 15 and addressed to the president’s administration, which says

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Security Council secretary to resign if Ivanishvili bloc wins presidency

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Giga Bokeria. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Giga Bokeria, Secretary of the Security Council, says he will leave the post if Georgian Dream candidate Giorgi Margvelashvili wins the presidential election.

Margvelashvili on Wednesday told journalists that in case of a Georgian Dream victory

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