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Azerbaijan and Georgia will delimit 180km of their border, said Garib Mamedov, Head of the Azerbaijani State Committee for Land and Cartography, Georgia Online reports.He noted that Azerbaijani specialists had visited Georgia twice and chose the territories the borderline will run through.Georgia borders with seven Azerbaijani districts. Their border line is 480km long. The sides have delimited 300km of their border.
Georgian President Georgy Margvelashvili has made his first visit to Azerbaijan today and had a closed-door meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev. The meeting was followed by expanded talks with delegations joining them.
Interview by Vestnik Kavkaza
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The main topic of the regional conference held today in the Georgian region of Kakheti were the advantages and opportunities of territorial cooperation between Azerbaijan and Georgia. The conference's theme is "The way to strengthen territorial cooperation of the Eastern Partnership countries: the program of territorial cooperation between Azerbaijan and Georgia." Common problems of economic and social development of the border areas of the two countries have been in the focus of discussion.
Vladimir Yevseyev, Director of the Center for Socio-Political Studies, said that the Vilnius summit of November 28-29 will be a kind of an experiment for the Eastern Partnership to counterbalance Russia. Ukraine will be the only object of the experiment, he predicts. The expert added that any active trend towards the EU will only worsen relations with Russia.
Past presidential elections in Georgia remain one of the most discussed topics in the South Caucasus.
Signakhi (Georgia) will host the international youth festival of the Georgian and Azerbaijani Ministries for Sports and Youth on October 16-19, Trend reports.Governments of Azerbaijan and Georgia will sign a plan for the realization of …
The Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of GUAM was held today during the 68th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. It was attended by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Moldova and the national coordinator of GUAM's Secretary General.The Foreign Ministers discussed the political and sectoral cooperation within GUAM, as well as with partner countries, and the implementation of the UN Resolution on Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development .
Ankara will host an international conference attended by experts from Turkish Universities, Azerbaijan and Georgia in spring to discuss the Caucasian War (1817-1864). It was initiated by the MSU History Faculty and the North-South Center for Political Analysis.
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia play in intellectual games together
35 teams from post-Soviet space and one each from the UK, Israel, Germany and Finland have arrived in Dubna (Moscow Region) for the 11th championship of the What? Where? When? intellectual game show. Germany was represented by bronze winner Maksim Mozul, Georgia by David Rapava.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul, speaking at an international forum in Istanbul, said that due to the transport and energy projects implemented jointly by Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia, the Caspian region will become of strategic importance. The railway project Baku-Tbilisi-Kars contributes to the creation of a single transport corridor from Beijing to London, the president said.
The Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius: final countdown
The Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta has published an article devoted to the coming presidential elections in Azerbaijan and Georgia. According to the author of the article, the results of these polls probably won't be a surprise.
The Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta has published an article devoted to the coming presidential elections in Azerbaijan and Georgia. According to the author of the article, the results of these polls probably won't be a surprise.
Football player Kaladze appears to be a successful minister
Azerbaijan and Georgia will sign an interstate agreements supported by the EU to protect water resources of the Kura River that flows between the two states, Georgia Online reports.The agreements reflects the basic principles of the Helsinki Accords. It will be the first agreement on water resources signed by Azerbaijan since becoming independent.
Author: Interview by Yevgeni Krishtalyov, exclusively to VK Alexander Skakov, head of CIS department of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, told VK about his vision of development of the situation in the South Caucasus.
Russia should pay close attention to the South Caucasus problems
The Moscow State University of M.V. Lomonosov is hosting an international scientific conference entitled “The South Caucasus: new geopolitical realities. Economic, security, the humanitarian field”. Alexey Vlasov, Executive Director of the North-South Center for Political Analysis and Editor-in-Chief of Vestnik Kavkaza, noted the importance of 2013. He said that the year was filled with political matters.
