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Regional * Georgian national Tengiz Korashvili, who was detained in South Ossetia on 19 May, has been released into Georgian-controlled territory, the Georgian State Security Service (SSG) reported. Korashvili is believed to be one of three Georgian citizens who were detained from the same village in May — the other two were released shortly after being detained. Armenia * Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said that they are working with Azerbaijan to unblock regional transit and infrastruc
Regional * Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG) has reported that a Georgian citizen was ‘illegally detained’ near the village of Zemo Khviti in the Gori municipality. South Ossetia’s Interior Ministry reported in turn the Georgian citizen told police he had wanted to ‘visit relatives’ in the village of Isakkau. * The Fritt Ord Foundation and the ZEIT Stiftung Bucerius have announced that the Free Media Awards for 2025 will be presented to imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli and
Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will donate his copy of the Bible which he has owned since 2008 to the Museum of the Bible in Washington. * Pakistan intends to recognise Armenia as a UN member state, in order ‘to obtain consensus on the issue of [Pakistan] joining’ the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Russian state-run media TASS reported, citing its sources in the UN. * In response, the Armenian Foreign Ministry ‘informed’ what it referred to as ‘ignorant sources’ that Armenia and P
Regional * On 5 September, the chairs of Armenian and Azerbaijani border delimitation committees Mher Grigoryan and Shahin Mustafayev ‘held mutual visits’ to the territory of Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Armenian Foreign Ministry announced. Previously they held meetings on the mutual border or in third party territories. According to the ministry, they discussed issues related to the delimitation and demining, as well as the ‘restoration and construction of necessary infrastructures and the tim
