Georgian Dream Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili announced that officials reviewed 165 grant applications over the past year. She stated that over 95% received a "positive recommendation" under the controversial grants procedure.

Georgian Dream Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili met with Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset on February 23 in Geneva, where she participated in the high-level segment of the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). According to an official press release, the two discussed Georgia-CoE “cooperation” and “current issues on the …

Regional * Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has expressed concern over the drone attack on Nakhchivan Airport and conveyed solidarity with Azerbaijan during a phone call with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Similarly, Georgia’s Foreign Ministry reported a phone conversation between Minister Maka Botchorishvili and her Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov. Information about the calls was also released by the Azerbaijani side, with the difference that the Azerbaijani versions exp

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his cabinet members are visiting Tbilisi on a working visit from March 3 to 4. Georgian Dream Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili received him at Tbilisi International Airport. The Armenian delegation also includes Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, Arayik Harutyunyan, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, Education Minister Zhanna Andreasyan, …