Category Archives: Caucasus

Georgia requests Germany’s assistance in integration into NATO

05 Tuesday Feb 2013

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A Republic of Georgia soldiers stands in formation during a ceremony marking the historic deployment of the Republic of Georgia’s 31st Light Infantry Battalion to support Marine Expeditionary Brigade Afghanistan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By N. Kirtskhalia, Trend, Feb. 4, 2013

Georgian Foreign Minister Maya Panjikidze held a meeting with German Deputy Minister of Defence Christian Schmidt on Monday…

…”We talked about Georgia’s role in the peacekeeping operation in Afghanistan. Georgia has the largest mission in Afghanistan amongst non-NATO members. You know that we have already made a statement that Georgia will remain in Afghanistan after 2014. We asked Germany to actively support Georgia’s integration into NATO. The Deputy Defence Minister once again confirmed that the resolution adopted by the Bundestag is in force,” Panjikidze said…. (more)

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Estonia backs Georgian integration with EU and NATO

01 Friday Feb 2013

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Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Kyiv Post, Jan. 31, 2013

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has reiterated his country’s support for Georgia’s plans of integration into the European Union and NATO.

“Estonia previously supported and continues to support democratic Georgia and your state’s plans to integrate into the European Union and NATO,” he said at a meeting with Georgian Foreign Minister Maja Panjikidze in Tallinn on Thursday… (more)

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Azerbaijan to withdraw peacekeepers from Afghanistan

01 Friday Feb 2013

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Map showing locations of Azerbaijani speakers. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By Mubariz Aslanov, APA, Jan. 31, 2013

Baku: Azerbaijani peacekeepers will also be withdrawn, after NATO officially ends its mission in Afghanistan by the end of this year.

Government sources told APA that higher echelons have already held discussions on it and it was not considered expedient to keep Azerbaijani servicemen in Afghanistan after NATO forces are withdrawn… (more)

 

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Georgian Defence Minister on official visit to Great Britain

01 Friday Feb 2013

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Democratic Republic of Georgia map (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By N.Kirtskhalia, Trend, Jan. 28, 2013

Tbilisi, Georgia, Jan. 28:  Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Alasania is on an official visit to Great Britain. He is accompanied by the deputy chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces, Colonel Vladimir Chachibaya.

As the ministry told Trend on Monday, during a three-day visit, the Georgian delegation will meet with representatives of the British government, parliament, Defence Ministry and armed forces… (more)

 

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Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey Hold Pipeline-Security Exercises

24 Monday Sep 2012

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Turkish soldiers during the Destined Glory “Loyal Midas” 2005 military exercise, October 7, 2005. Photo by PH1 Timm Duckworth, USN. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

 

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, September 24, 2012

 

Azerbaijani, Georgian and Turkish troops have begun an exercise aimed at improving security for energy pipelines.  The exercises near Ankara will last until September 28… (more) ow.ly/2slxkr 

 

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Navigating the Future: NATO-South Caucasus Partnership

20 Thursday Sep 2012

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The breakaway republics of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh within the Caucasus region, after the South Ossetia war in August 2008. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By Valentina M. Gevorgyan, Atlantic Community, September 20, 2012

At the recent Chicago Summit, NATO made sure to prioritize partnerships on its agenda. The South Caucasus region is one that can greatly benefit from NATO partnership, especially where security and justice are concerned. NATO’s efforts in the region should aim at resolving frozen conflicts, including the Nagorno Karabagh conflict… (more) ow.ly/2shrzh 

 

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CSTO Exercises Tiptoe Around Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict

20 Thursday Sep 2012

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Political Map of the Caucasus and Central Asia

Political Map of the Caucasus and Central Asia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

By Joshua Kucera, The Bug Pit (Eurasianet), September 20, 2012

 

The Collective Security Treaty Organization has wrapped up its annual military exercises, held this year in Armenia, with the group’s general secretary saying the group needs to create its own military forces, including air forces, in Central Asia. But at a time of heightened tensions in the Caucasus, the drills took a relatively low profile… (more) http://ow.ly/2sgQSy 

 

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Russia’s Caucasus War Games

18 Tuesday Sep 2012

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Administrative map of Caucasus in USSR, 1957-1991

Administrative map of Caucasus in USSR, 1957-1991 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Every time Russia comes to play war in the Caucasus, a sense of alert spreads in the neighborhood. And it does not help if the Russians are running around with guns for two separate war games at the same time… (more) ow.ly/1mvgzzBy Giorgi Lomsadze, Eurasianet, September 18, 2012

 

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CSTO Joint Military Maneuvers Continue In Armenia

 

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Foreign Policy: Security and conflict in the Caucasus region

22 Wednesday Aug 2012

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U.S. Army Europe commander discusses current challenges and defense issues in the region with Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense, Safar Abiyev (left). (Photo: Kelly Schloesser, U.S. Army Europe)

From Tom Rick’s blog The Best Defense, August 20, 2012:

By Lt. Gen. Mark P. Hertling, US Army, Best Defense guest columnist

The Caucasus — that historical causeway of conflict between Europe and the Middle East — remains a complicated tangle of security concerns. Ethnic tensions still affect long standing territorial disputes, internally displaced indigenous people align with or oppose powerful diasporas, and an increasing nouveau riche — an oil-fueled minority upper class — is growing in an area once known only for desperate poverty… (more) http://ow.ly/d8K0x

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RFERL: Armenian Troops Flown To Germany For Training

22 Wednesday Aug 2012

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The commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, Lieutenant General Mark Hertling (R), inspects Armenian peacekeeping troops in Yerevan, 18Jul2012 (Photo: RFE/RL)

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, August 15, 2012

More than 100 Armenian soldiers flew to Germany on Wednesday to take part in training and exercises organized by the U.S. military for nations involved in the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.

The Armenian Defense Ministry said the 116 soldiers will train at a U.S. military base in Germany from August 16 through September 4 alongside U.S., Bulgarian, Romanian, Slovenian and Ukrainian troops… (more)

http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/24678060.html

 

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