Azerbaijan–Georgia Relations
Azerbaijani and Georgian parliaments sign memorandum of cooperation
The memorandum is intended to promote regular contact between parliamentary committees and MPs to facilitate the sharing of experiences.
Azerbaijan–Georgia Relations
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2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Azerbaijani state media cover Georgian Dream’s pre-election campaign
Over the last month, Azerbaijan’s official government news agency Azertac has published multiple articles focusing on ethnic Azerbaijani candidates running for the ruling Georgian Dream party, while failing to provide a platform for Azerbaijani opposition candidates. On 16 October, Azertac interviewed Georgian Dream MP Zaur Darghalli, who said that his party had guaranteed stability in Georgia, and elaborated on how it was able to keep the peace for the last 12 years. ‘These elections are
Afgan Mukhtarli
ECHR rules there was insufficient evidence Georgian Government kidnapped Mukhtarli
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prove beyond doubt that the Georgian Government abducted investigative journalist Afgan Mukhtarli and handed him over to Azerbaijan. Mukhtarli, a prominent journalist known for investigating official corruption in Azerbaijan, disappeared from the streets of Tbilisi on the night of 29 May 2017. He reappeared in Azerbaijani custody a day later and was charged with illegally crossing the border. In it
Afgan Sadigov
Azerbaijani journalist ‘barred from leaving Georgia’
An independent Azerbaijani journalist has alleged that the Georgian authorities have barred him from leaving the country, unless he travels to Azerbaijan. Afgan Sadigov, the head of the independent Azerbaijani news outlet and YouTube channel Azel.TV, claimed on 17 July that Georgian border guards prevented him and his family from flying from Tbilisi to Antalya. According to Sadigov, he was told he could only return to Azerbaijan. ‘I couldn’t leave Georgia for a third country. I have two
Azerbaijan
Georgia blames former ‘senior officials’ for Davit Gareja border dispute
The latest from the Georgian probe into two former officials accused of pursuing an adverse border arrangement with Azerbaijan has hinted at yet unidentified senior officials under the former government. The critics fear that the case might be politically motivated. On 21 January, the Georgian Prosecutor’s Office unveiled surveillance materials involving Iveri Melashvili and Natalia Ilichova, the two Georgian cartographers indicted for forfeiting state lands to Azerbaijan. The prosecution ar
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan restores Georgian access to Davit Gareji monastery
Azerbaijan has restored access to Udabno Monastery, a part of the Davit Gareji Monastery Complex at the undelimited Azerbaijani-Georgian border in southeastern Georgia. Visitors and clergy were barred from reaching the monastery for several days by Azerbaijani border guards. Georgia and Azerbaijan share a 480-kilometre long border, a third of which has not yet been delimited. The monastery is situated on the undelimited border between the two countries. The ban followed a visit by Georgia
