PM Gakharia talks with Armenian, Azerbaijani leaders following Karabakh truce
Georgia supports a dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan and hopes that the agreement reached between the countries to end the military conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh will facilitate a full-fledged conflict resolution process. Photo: Giorgi Gakharia's official Facebook page
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Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia held separate phone conversations with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan following the signing of a truce in Karabakh.
The Georgian and Armenian counterparts spoke of the situation in Karabakh, stressed importance to reach full-fledged ceasefire agreement and hoped positive dynamics to be kept throughout its implementation, PM Gakharia’s press office announced.
During the conversation with President Aliyev, PM Gakharia also hoped for peaceful settlement of conflicts in the South Caucasus and further stability and development within the region.
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In its earlier statement today, the Georgian Foreign Ministry expressed its support to a dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan hoping that the agreement reached between the countries to end the military conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh will facilitate a full-fledged conflict resolution process.
Responding to the end of 'a tragic war' in her Twitter post, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili also said that now a new era has started in the Caucasus.
Georgia supports a dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan and hopes that the agreement reached between the countries to end the military conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh will facilitate a full-fledged conflict resolution process, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
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 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'.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has claimed Georgia has prevented transit for arms shipments to Armenia and said he "highly appreciates actions of the Georgian government" in the events, in an interview for a ceremony of offshore operations of the Absheron field at the Heydar Aliyev Baku Deep Water Jackets Plant.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalklaiani has held separate phone conversations with his Turkish, Moldovan and Bulgaria counterparts, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Aureliu Ciocoi and Ekaterina Zaharieva, respectively.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has hosted her Armenian counterpart Armen Sarkissian in Tbilisi earlier today. Zurabishvili said that the EU’s role in peaceful conflict resolution in the Caucasus region and for large-scale infrastructure projects is high.Zurabishvili stated that the region has ‘unique economic potential’ and that ‘increased interest in the region from foreign actors confirms the importance of the region.’