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Day: March 26, 2024
Georgia qualified for Euro 2024 thanks to a 4-2 shootout win over Greece after a tense playoff final ended 0-0 following extra time on Tuesday as they made history by reaching their first major tournament, Reuters reports.
Georgia substitute Nika Kvekveskiri converted his spot kick after Greece’s Giorgos Giakoumakis put his penalty wide to send the home crowd wild as their side edged through to the finals.
Georgia will be in Group F alongside Portugal, Turkey and Czech Republic at the Euros in Germany which begin on June 14.
Giorgi Mamardashvili saved Greece’s first effort from Anastasios Bakasetas after the hosts had taken the lead in the shootout but when Georgia’s Georges Mikautadze missed his spot kick the Greeks had renewed hope.
However, Giakoumakis sent Greece’s fourth penalty past the post to leave Georgia’s Kvekveskiri as the hero when he kept his cool and squeezed his right-foot kick into the net.
“Some did not believe in us but now they will believe it. We are happy. I have never had such an emotion in my life,” Georgia talisman Khvicha Kvaratskhelia told 1TV Sport.
🇺🇸#US supports sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries in #SouthCaucasus
The State Department added that it does not consider #Russia a reliable or conscientious ally or partner in the South Caucasus or elsewhere.https://t.co/btwCO3U3eI— Alphanews Armenian Network (@AlphaNewsAM) March 26, 2024
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The European Union’s South Caucasus envoy, Toivo Klaar, said “threats against Armenia” in the Azerbaijani press are “unacceptable.”
“Threats against Armenia in Azerbaijani media channels are unacceptable,” Klaar said on Monday in a post on the platform X, formerly Twitter.
“Genuine negotiations on border delimitation are needed and all territorial disputes must be settled peacefully and as part of an agreed process,” he added.
Official Baku was quick to reject Klaar’s statement, with the Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Aykhan Hajizade, saying that the EU envoy is ignoring what was described as calls in the Armenian media for continued “occupation” Azerbaijan. Hajizade also claimed that Armenian media outlets instead are deploring “the legitimate discourse about the return of Azerbaijani villages.”
The Azerbaijani spokesperson also repeated Baku’s demands for unconditional Armenian “withdrawal, claiming that they are “not the subject of a territorial dispute.”
Armenia’s Ambassador to the European Union, Tigran Balayan, directly responded to Klaar and accused Azerbaijan of preparing to attack Armenia.
“Nothing can be broadcasted in Azerbaijan without approval by the President of Azerbaijan, who doesn’t take seriously warnings not supported by actions,” Balayan said in response to Klaar’s post.
“The [Azerbaijani president] Aliyev regime is gearing up for new aggression against Armenia, as he faced no consequences for last ones. We believe in EU’s ability to stop Aliyev via unequivocal support to Armenia,” Balayan added.
ISIS-K denies responsibility for the Moscow Crocus attack. https://t.co/i6IdY0kfGK https://t.co/MHFwqgnPw8
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