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The president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev and his Georgian counterpart, Mikheil Saakashvili, have met at the OSCE summit in Kazakhstan, ANS reports.Both presidents are satisfied with successful development of strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and Georgia in all spheres. They discussed mutual projects in the spheres of energy and economy.
Georgian experts comment on Russia's decision to place missiles in the former autonomy.
Azerbaijan and Georgia will open a unified control post, the managerof the Azerbaijani project for the support of systems of integratedborder control, Mazakhir Efendiyev, said, Trend reports.The project is being realized with the financial support of the EU andan UN development program, together with the Azerbaijani government.The work started in September.
Georgia and Azerbaijan have signed a memorandum on developing energylinks. According to Business Georgia, citing Caucasus-Press in theState Energy System Georgia company, the memorandum was signed in Bakuby the head of the project, Sulkhan Zumburidze, and Vice-President ofAzerenergy Marlen Askarov.
Azerbaijan opened the 11th session of the state commissions for borderdelineation between Azerbaijan and Georgia, held in the town ofBalaken on September 23-24, Trend reports.The press-service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairsreported that experts found border sections that needed clarification.The participants exchanged views on an undetermined line of border.They studied legal acts and materials.
The new academic year has started in Azerbaijan and Georgia. This year 4,546 schools in Azerbaijan will be teaching 1,359 900 pupils. There will be 169,498 teachers.
The Georgian and Azerbaijani presidents, Ilham Aliev and Mikheil Saakashvili, discussed the realisation of energy and infrastructure projects today in Batumi.
Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev met Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze on Wednesday, AzerTag reports. Aliyev said that cooperation between Azerbaijan and Georgia was a success in all spheres. Vashadze noted the importance of discussing cooperation issues, particularly in international organizations on such issues as territorial unity.
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) exported about 207 million cubic meters of Azerbaijani gas to Georgia in the period from January to June, Business Gruzia cites a SOCAR publication. In June SOCAR exported more than 11.5 million cubic meters of Azerbaijani gas to Georgia. An agreement between Azerbaijan and Georgia, according to which the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijani Republic could increase its participation in the Georgian market, was signed in November 2008.
The foreign ministers of the EU approved a special document onrelations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. According to ArmeniaToday, the document passed at the meeting of foreign ministers inLuxembourg, says that Brussels is ready to strengthen ties with theregion.The Council of EU noted that South Caucasus countries must realizereforms in the sphere of democracy, dominance of law, and respect forhuman rights for more cooperation with EU.
Negotiations between the European Union and the countries of the South Caucasus on an association agreement between the EU, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia will start in July, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Karine Kazinyan said, Armenia Today reports.She recalled that the mandate for negotiations was approved on May 12th by the council of foreign ministers from 27 countries. The negotiations will involve a wide range of issues, mainly political, economic reforms, justice, and human rights.
Stefan Fühle, the European Commissioner for expansion, thinks it necessary to call on the world community for help in solving the conflicts of the region.
The EUis implementing the strategy of promoting stability andprosperity in the South Caucasus and settlement of conflicts in theregion. According to APA, citing the parliament’s press-service, thiswas stated in the resolution approved by the EU parliament today.
The expensive supply of Kazakh grain to Georgia by rail is creatingdoubts about the construction of a grain terminal in one of thecountry’s ports, managing director on external economic activities ofProdkorporatsiya, Daulet Uvashov, told VK.He said that the expense of exporting grain through Georgia comes fromhigh railroad tariffs in Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia itself.
How to create conditions for new models of cooperation in the Caucasus unlike the ones of the past?
"At a meeting with the president of the Fund of Heydar AliyevMekhriban Aliyeva we discussed various important issues concerningAzerbaijan and Georgia. Territorial unity is a sensitive question forall of us. New spheres of cooperation were determined at the meeting",the first lady of Georgia Sandra Elizabeth Rulofs said in Baku at ameeting with a working group on Azerbaijani-Georgianinterparliamentary relations, Trend reports.
Georgia, Azerbaijan and Romania signed an agreement on Wednesday on the establishment of a joint venture (JV) on the project of a new Azerbaijani gas-delivery route to Europe, reports Trend. Tbilisi hosted a ministerial meeting on the implementation of the Georgian-Azerbaijani-Romanian gas-delivery project of Azerbaijani liquefied natural gas to Europe on May 12th.
The 27-member EU council of foreign ministers has issued a mandate for negotiations on bilateral agreements between the EU and Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, RIA Novosti reports, citing a spokesman from the council.The agreement on the association, which does not provide for EU membership, replaces bilateral agreements on partnership and cooperation.The decision was made by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the EU, Catherine Ashton.
The president of Kazakhstan suggested creating a new oil pipeline in the network of the TRACECA program.
At the initiative of the Congress of Azeris of Georgia (CAG) the Georgia Is Our Homeland Forum of Azeri Youth will be established.
