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Azerbaijan

MPs demand Azerbaijan cut military ties with US

by Aytan Farhadova

•2 min read

Forty-three Azerbaijani MPs have appealed to Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov to ‘review’ the country’s relationship with the US, including pulling out of several military agreements. The MPs signed the statement on 5 October demanding Bayramov terminate the Joint Declaration on Future Military and Defense Cooperation, signed in 1997, and the Agreement on the Acquisition of Equipment and Mutual Services, signed in 2013. They also demanded an immediate stop to any ongoing negotiations on

USAID Administrator Samantha Power speaking at Democracy Delivers Initiative event. Image via primeminister.am.

Armenia

US allocates $20 million to bolster Armenian security

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

USAID Administrator Samatha Power has announced that the US will allocate $20 million for Armenia to bolster cyber, border, and energy security. The new allocation came just weeks after USAID more than doubled its five-year aid package to Armenia. The announcement came on Wednesday, during a Democracy Delivers Initiative event organised by Power and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in partnership with the Ford Foundation. ‘Now I am pleased to take this moment to announce that working w

US President Joe Biden and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. Illustration by OC Media.

Freedom of Assembly

Biden snubs Georgian PM Kobakhidze by revoking UN reception invite

by OC Media

•2 min read

The White House has disinvited Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Georgia’s delegation from a reception for world leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. On Wednesday, the US Embassy in Georgia told local media that Kobakhidze’s invitation to the reception was revoked due to his government’s anti-democratic actions, misinformation, and negative rhetoric about the US and the West. Voice of America reported the snub on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources including a se

Armenia

Kamala Harris expresses support for Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians’ right to return

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•3 min read

US Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris has called for the right to return of displaced Armenians to Nagorno-Karabakh. Harris made her statement on Monday as part of a letter to the American-Armenian community marking Armenian Independence Day, celebrated annually on 21 September. ‘The right for Armenians displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh to return safely to their homes is vital to restoring dignity to the Armenian people and stability to the region’, read the le

Bidzina Ivanishvili

US sanctions against Ivanishvili ‘ready for implementation’

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

The US government has reportedly prepared a package of sanctions against Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili which they are considering imposing ‘in the near future’. Voice of America reported the news on Friday, citing anonymous US government sources as saying that the US Treasury and State Departments had been leading the development of the package. While previously only discussed, the package is now reportedly ‘ready for implementation’ pending a political decision. The sources did

US Ambassador Robin Dunnigan and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. Official image.

Alt Info

Kobakhidze says Washington was ‘influenced’ to sanction Georgian nationals

by OC Media

•3 min read

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has said that he believed US President Joe Biden’s administration was ‘influenced’ by ‘certain forces’ to impose sanctions on Georgian nationals, suggesting that American institutions needed ‘de-oligharchisation’. In a press briefing on Tuesday, Kobakhidze said that the decision to impose financial sanctions on four Georgian nationals, in addition to travel restrictions on over 60 others, was ‘frivolous and very sad’. He further suggested that the

Alt Info

US sanctions four Georgian security officials and far-right extremists for ‘serious human rights abuses’

by OC Media

•2 min read

Washington has imposed financial sanctions against security officials and the leaders of Alt Info for undermining and suppressing the freedom of peaceful assembly in Georgia. They have additionally imposed travel sanctions on 60 others, including senior government officials. On Monday, the US Department of Treasury sanctioned the chief of the Interior Ministry’s Special Task Department, Zviad (Khareba) Kharazishvili, and his deputy Mileri Lagazauri. They also sanctioned the extremist far-ri