German Ambassador welcomes Georgian officials’ readiness to host Armenian, Azerbaijani leaders amid Karabakh conflict
Hubert Knirsch hopes Azerbaijan and Armenia will sit at the table for dialogue. Photo: 1TV.ge
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German Ambassador to Georgia Hubert Knirsch told journalists yesterday that he welcomes Georgian officials’ readiness to host a meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders over the Karabakh conflict.
Georgia offers the role of mediator to the parties to the conflict, which we welcome”, Ambassador Knirsch said, adding that Germany and the European Union are doing the same.
Ambassador Knirsch said he hopes that international efforts will lead to the point where the parties of the conflict will sit at the table for dialogue.
At the National Security Council meeting yesterday Georgian officials once again reaffirmed their readiness to contribute, in any form, to the de-escalation of tension, including by facilitating a dialogue and hosting a meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani officials in Tbilisi.
Amid ongoing fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Georgia has suspended the transit of military cargo through its territory to either country either by land or air. No restrictions apply to transit of civilian goods and other cargo.
Amid ongoing fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Georgia has suspended the transit of military cargo through its territory to either country either by land or air. No restrictions apply to transit of civilian goods and other cargo.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has made a statement regarding ongoing hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia, stating that ‘it is in our common interest for peace to be restored in the region as quickly as possible. Georgia is ready to facilitate this process in any way, including by hosting a meeting of representatives of the sides of the conflict in Tbilisi for the purpose of holding a dialogue’.
Georgian border guards have refused passage to trucks loaded with tires headed for the conflict area of Nagorno-Karabakh via the Georgian-Armenian border late in the evening of September 28.
Georgian officials are concerned with the recent reports of resumed hostilities between the two neighbouring countries of Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Georgian Foreign Ministry has stated earlier today that the country is ready 'to contribute to de-escalation [of the process] and help establish the peace in the region'.
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Lasha Darsalia announced earlier today that allegations of weapons transportation to Azerbaijan via Georgia are disinformation. Darsalia noted that amid ongoing fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Georgia has suspended the transit of military cargo through its territory to either country either by land or air.
Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Georgia Faig Guliyev has responded to Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia’s offer for Georgia is ready to mediate between Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders over the Karabakh conflict, noting Azerbaijan is ready to participate in negotiations if Armenia agrees to voluntarily withdraw its armed forces from Karabakh.
French politician Laurent Wauquiez, a former leader of France's center-right Les Republicains party, has published a map supporting Karabakh as part of Armenia.
The Embassy of Armenia to Georgia has dismissed information spreading on the internet that the Georgian government is hindering fuel and humanitarian aid imports to Armenia.
A Tbilisi cathedral hosted an interfaith vigil involving Armenian and Azerbaijani clergy last week as an effort for "peace and reconciliation" amid armed conflict between the two countries in the Karabakh region.
German Ambassador to Georgia Hubert Knirsch responded to German media outlet Bild's article calling him 'remarkably pro-government,' saying that 'everyone is free' to form and express an opinion on his work.
Bild published the article Serious suspicions against the German ambassador yesterday, claiming that Knirsch seems to get along with the Georgian government but has a 'rather hostile' relationship with the Georgian opposition and civil society organisations.