Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Georgia supports dialogue between Armenia, Azerbaijan
Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that 'we are ready to facilitate the implementation of the peace process together with the international community'. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia supports a dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan and hopes that the agreement reached between the countries to end the military conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh will facilitate a full-fledged conflict resolution process, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
At the same time, we are ready to facilitate the implementation of the peace process together with the international community. We are sure that the active efforts of the international community will lead to the establishment of a lasting peace, which will open new opportunities for the region as a whole", reads the statement of the ministry.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has also responded to the end of 'a tragic war' in her Twitter post. She said that now a new era has started in the Caucasus.
A new era starts in the Caucasus. I congratulate our friends Armenia and Azerbaijan for ending a tragic war and thank all the facilitators. My sympathy to the families of the victims.
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) November 10, 2020
Peace and stability have no alternative! We launch together a #newchapter of cooperation ????????????????????????
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement on Tuesday to end six weeks of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh in a deal Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan described as “unspeakably painful”.
Under the deal, Azerbaijan will hold on to areas of Nagorno-Karabakh that it has taken during the conflict.
Armenia has also agreed to withdraw from several other outlying areas over the next few weeks.
Amid ongoing fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Georgia has suspended the transit of military cargo through its territory to either country either by land or air. No restrictions apply to transit of civilian goods and other cargo.
Georgian officials are concerned with the recent reports of resumed hostilities between the two neighbouring countries of Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Georgian Foreign Ministry has stated earlier today that the country is ready 'to contribute to de-escalation [of the process] and help establish the peace in the region'.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has claimed Georgia has prevented transit for arms shipments to Armenia and said he "highly appreciates actions of the Georgian government" in the events, in an interview for a ceremony of offshore operations of the Absheron field at the Heydar Aliyev Baku Deep Water Jackets Plant.
The Georgian government says that recently published information by Azerbaijani media outlets alleging that mortars were transported and military vehicles may enter Armenia via Georgia is false.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia held separate phone conversations with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan following the signing of a truce in Karabakh.
A new multilateral platform will be set up in the South Caucasus to boost political relationships between Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and Russia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated during a meeting in Baku on December 10.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has hosted her Armenian counterpart Armen Sarkissian in Tbilisi earlier today. Zurabishvili said that the EU’s role in peaceful conflict resolution in the Caucasus region and for large-scale infrastructure projects is high.Zurabishvili stated that the region has ‘unique economic potential’ and that ‘increased interest in the region from foreign actors confirms the importance of the region.’