Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Turkey-Georgia relations

Russian-Turkish détente nothing that Americans should be concerned about: Former US Ambassador to Turkey

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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

Georgian PM extends condolences to Yıldırım, confirms Turkey trip

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giorgi_kvirikashvili2TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili spoke by phone with his Turkish colleague Binali Yıldırım on Monday, and both confirmed that Kvirikashvili will visit Ankara for the first session of the Georgia-Turkey strategic partnership council on July 19.

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Coup attempt in Turkey prompts Georgia to close border

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Sarpi___borderTBILISI, DFWatch–Authorities in Georgia decided Saturday morning to seal its land border to its neighbor Turkey and cancel all flights into that country for the time being, out of concern for the safety of civilians.

At the border crossing near Sarpi, only Turkish citizens are currently

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Georgian, Turkish and Azerbaijani presidents meet in Tbilisi

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Turkey’s President Abdullah Gül (left) and Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey met in Tbilisi on Tuesday and celebrated the cooperation between their countries.

The summit was initiated by the Turkish president and the main topic was three joint projects. Two of them are already

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Presidents of Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan meet in Tbilisi Tuesday

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The National Library in Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The presidents of Turkey and two South Caucasus countries will meet at the National Library in Tbilisi on Tuesday, to attend the 2014 Georgia-Azerbaijan-Turkey Summit.

Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili is host for Turkey’s Abdullah Gül

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Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan foreign ministers meet

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The foreign affairs ministers of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey, respectively: Maia Panjikidze (left), Elmar Mammadyarov, and Ahmet Davutoglu. (Georgian MFA.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The foreign ministers of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey met on Wednesday in Azerbaijan’s second largest city Ganja to discuss regional cooperation.

Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze said they talked about the 2013-15 action plan, which

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Georgian president to visit Turkey January 20

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President of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president Giorgi Margvelashvili will visit Turkey on January 20.

According to the president’s administration, he has planned meetings with President Abdullah Gül in Ankara and also the prime minister and speaker of parliament.

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Saakashvili visits Turkey

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President Mikheil Saakashvili met with Georgians in the Turkish city Bursa. (President’s photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s president Mikheil Saakashvili is on an official visit to Turkey, and has already held meetings with the Turkish prime minister and ethnic Georgians living in the northern industrial city Bursa.

After meeting with the prime minister,

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