Georgian, Armenian PMs discuss military escalation between Azerbaijan and Armenia
Garibashvili expressed his hope the parties would return to the negotiation table and the situation would be resolved peacefully. Photo: Government Administration
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Georgian and Armenian prime ministers Irakli Garibashvili and Nikol Pashinyan on Tuesday discussed the latest military escalation between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Georgian Government Administration said the conversation had been held at the initiative of Pashinyan, who informed Garibashvili about the situation created as a result of the escalation overnight on Tuesday - with casualties confirmed in the flare-up.
Garibashvili expressed his hope the parties would return to the negotiation table and the situation would be resolved peacefully.
He also reaffirmed his Government’s “readiness” to host “active mediation” for “de-escalation and peace” in the region.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday said Georgia was “ready to play its own role” in ensuring peace in the South Caucasus region “within its capabilities”.
Principal questions of the cooperation agenda between Georgia and Armenia were discussed in a meeting of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan on Friday in Tbilisi.
United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Sunday called the inaugural meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers, Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan, in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi as a “positive step” for regional dialogue.
The European Union supports the “bilateral decision” of Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, to hold their inaugural meeting in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, Toivo Klaar, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, said on Saturday.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili said, on Wednesday, at a joint press conference with Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz, that he hoped Armenia and Azerbaijan would soon return to the “path of dialogue”, noting Georgian government was observing the ongoing events in the neighbourhood with “great concern”. Garibashvili emphasised Armenia and Azerbaijan have been friendly countries for Georgia and what was “happening” between them was “unacceptable”.
Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili on Thursday condemned the “dangerous escalation” between Armenia and Azerbaijan, following the latest flare-up in hostilities between the two countries over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region this week.
Relations and cooperation between Georgia and Armenia were discussed on Monday in a meeting between the Georgian defence minister Juansher Burchuladze and Ashot Smbatyan, the newly appointed Armenian ambassador to Georgia.
Various issues of the agenda of Georgia-Armenia cooperation were discussed by Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili and his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan in a phone call on Sunday.
Relations and cooperation between Georgia and Armenia were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili and Ashot Smbatyan, Armenia’s newly appointed ambassador to the country.
Armenian parliament speaker Alen Simonyan, who is on an official visit to Georgia, on Thursday said development of “good neighbourly” relations with Georgia was one of the priorities of his country's foreign policy.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday discussed “neighbourly relations”, prospects of further strengthening ties and regional security challenges with Alen Simonyan, the visiting chair of the Armenian parliament.