US grateful to the Georgian gov’t for its ‘vital role’ facilitating discussions between Armenia, Azerbaijan
Georgian Prime Minister is proud of the role that Georgia has played in the regeion in close coordination with its strategic partner. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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The United States is grateful to Georgia for its ‘vital role’ facilitating the recent discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken thanked the government of Georgia following the release of 15 Armenian detainees in Azerbaijan yesterday.
Antony Blinken has tweeted:
The U.S. welcomes the release by Azerbaijan of 15 Armenian detainees. We're grateful to the Government of Georgia for its vital role facilitating discussions between the sides. Such steps will bring the people of the region closer to the peaceful future they deserve.
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) June 12, 2021
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, who was personally involved in the negotiations between the conflicting sides, is proud of the role that Georgia has played in the region with its strategic partner - the US.
Irakli Garibahsvili has also responded:
Proud of the role????????played in close coordination w/our strategic partner ???????? & Acting Assistant Sec Reeker to facilitate ????????'s release of 15????????citizens detained during the conflict. ????????providing????????info about mined territories is an important step toward improved security in our region. https://t.co/ncizGfTO90
— Irakli Garibashvili (@GharibashviliGe) June 12, 2021
The Armenian detainees were released through the facilitation of Georgian PM Garibashvili and the United States Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker.
In return Armenia should provide Azerbaijan with maps of 97,000 anti-tank and anti-personnel mines in the Aghdam region.
Reeker, who first visited Georgia earlier this week, returned to Tbilisi after his trips to Yerevan and Baku and continued the negotiations with the Georgian authorities.
All of the15 individuals, who were detained during the recent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Karabakh, have already returned to their homes in Armenia.
Azerbaijan has released 15 Armenian citizens through the facilitation of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the United States Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker.
United States Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker has stated in Tbilisi that Georgia remains the US’s top strategic partnership in the South Caucasus and a crucial partner in the Black Sea region. He said that his recent visit to Georgia aimed to ensure the further development of Georgia as a safe and a democratic country ‘for which the implementation of the April 19 EU-mediated agreement is important.’
The European Union (EU) and MEP Marina Kaljurand have thanked Georgia for its facilitation efforts to release 15 Armenian citizens who were captured last year by Azerbaijan during hostilities over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Georgians and Ukrainians are holding a rally in Geneva amid the ongoing meeting of the US and Russian President's Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, protesting the Russian occupation of Georgian and Ukrainian territories and calling upon the world to stand against Russia’s destructive actions in the region.
In the light of the Karabakh conflict in 2021, attempts to radicalise ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijanis living in Georgia through disinformation narratives coming from abroad were most often spread by far-right nationalist groups, the Democracy Research Institute (DRI) says.
A joint landmark declaration on foreign and security policy cooperation between the United Kingdom (UK) and Germany supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia and the full implementation of the 2008 ceasefire agreement.
US president Joe Biden has congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on victory in the parliamentary elections and stated that Armenian prisoners’ safe return with Georgia’s support after the war with Azerbaijan ‘will be an important basis for further regional cooperation.’ Nikol Pashinyan’s political party Civil Pact won the snap parliamentary elections in Armenia in late June which were scheduled due to the political crisis caused by the war with Azerbaijan.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said Georgia supports a dialogue in the region aimed to ensure long-lasting peace and stability while meeting with Armenian head of police Vahe Ghazaryan in Tbilisi earlier today.
Georgia supports long-lasting peace in the region, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said earlier today while speaking about Georgia’s close relations with countries in the region and recent high-level visits.
The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday appointed Ambassador Philip Reeker as Senior Advisor for Caucasus Negotiations, and noted the significance of the Geneva International Discussions, a platform created following the 2008 Russia-Georgia war and in the wake of the ongoing occupation of Georgian regions, for the US.