Georgia–Moldova Relations
Moldova’s ruling party declines Tbilisi visit over poor bilateral relations
The visiting delegation was headed by pro-Russian lawmaker Bogdan (Bogdat) Țîrdea and controversial former President Igor Dodon.
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Daily Brief
Friday, 3 April 2026
Armenia * Russia’s Veterinary and Phytosanitary department has said that the ‘range and quantity’ of plant and livestock products arriving from Armenia gave them grounds to believe that not all of them originated from Armenia. The agency explained that this led to ‘Russia applying stricter requirements to Armenia’. * Armenian authorities have arrested an employee of Russian–Armenian tycoon Samvel Karapetyan’s Our Way of Preservation of National Values NGO. According to investigators, since Fe
Daily Brief
Thursday, 2 April 2026
Regional * Yesterday, at the International Forum on Transport and Logistics, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev announced that the capacity of border crossings with Azerbaijan had increased five fold. He said that in 2025, along the North–South corridor were transported over 21 million tonnes of cargo and the corridor decreased average delivery times from 33 to 16 days. * Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz has stated that the opening of Turkey and Azerbaijan’s borders with Armeni
Georgian Dream
Explainer | The legislative changes that have shaped Georgia’s authoritarian slide
The sheer number of laws passed in recent months have overwhelmed observers and media outlets alike.
Daily Brief
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Regional * Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan expressed hope that established peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan ‘will also put an end to fabricated claims and eliminate hate speech’. The statement came in reponse to an Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry statement regarding what they call ‘the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis’, referring to the massacres of Azerbaijanis by Armenians during a period of internecine violence in 1918. Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will
Georgia
Kobakhidze speaks to Marco Rubio, marking highest-level Georgia–US talks in years
The call comes as US President Donald Trump signed an extension on the Biden-era sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili.
