TBILISI, November 11 – A Turkish military cargo aircraft crashed in eastern Georgia on Tuesday morning, close to the border with Azerbaijan, according to officials in Tbilisi and Ankara. Georgia’s Interior Ministry confirmed that the plane, a Turkish Air Force C-130 Hercules, went down roughly five kilometers inside Georgian territory in the Sighnaghi municipality. The … Read more
TBILISI, September 12 – Georgia’s security services say they have foiled an attempt to smuggle powerful explosives into the country, detaining two Ukrainian citizens in an operation near the Turkish border. The State Security Service (SUS) announced that on September 10, a truck with Ukrainian license plates crossed into Georgia from Turkey through the Sarpi … Read more
Ross Wilson, former US Ambassador to Turkey, currently Director of the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC summarizes latest developments in the Turkey-US and Turkey-Russia relations. The interview excerpts ran on the Voice of America’s program. Below is a transcript as recorded by Anna Kalandadze of VoA’s Georgian service. What … Read more