Baku is open to hosting peace talks between Ukraine and Russia if both Kyiv and Moscow express readiness, said Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, in an interview with Germany’s Berliner Zeitung, Azernews reports.
Day: July 26, 2025
Georgia’s newly appointed ambassador to the United States, Tamar Taliashvili, presented her credentials and, according to the Georgian Foreign Ministry, conveyed “key messages” to President Donald Trump.
“It was a significant day for U.S.-Georgia relations,” Taliashvili said, as quoted by the Georgian Foreign Ministry in a July 25 press release. Taliashvili succeeds Davit Zalkaliani, who resigned in December 2024 after the U.S. suspended its strategic partnership with Georgia. Georgia had been without an ambassador in Washington for eight months.
During the ceremony, Taliashvili also conveyed “the greetings and best wishes of the Government of Georgia, the Georgian people, the Prime Minister, and the President of Georgia,” according to the MFA.
“I also shared [with President Trump] our key messages to the U.S. – messages that reflect Georgia’s readiness to open a new chapter in our relations, based on mutual benefit, a firm partnership, and the further strengthening of existing people-to-people ties.”
Tamar Taliashvili begins her tenure in Washington at a time of strained U.S.-Georgia relations, as the ruling Georgian Dream party calls for a reset and a fresh start. Meanwhile, the party’s patron, Bidzina Ivanishvili, widely seen as Georgia’s informal ruler, has refused to meet with U.S. Ambassador Robin Dunnigan, who recently retired from diplomatic service, which she said was her personal decision, and left the country.
The official report from U.S. Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley says Trump received credentials from 12 ambassadors, with the video showing ten of them – but not the Georgian. Only a car bearing a Georgian flag stops outside the White House, appearing shortly at the end of the video.
Taliashvili described the protocol meeting as “very cordial” and “friendly,” noting that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was also present.
Taliashvili thanked the U.S. administration for “making it possible to carry out this important ceremony involving Georgia in the shortest time” and emphasized the “significant support” received to complete the procedures quickly and efficiently.
Taliashvili also met with Monica Crowley, calling the meeting “very interesting” and “important,” and described it as having taken place in a “very friendly atmosphere.”
“During this meeting, we had the opportunity to discuss strengthening U.S.-Georgia relations, as well as the action plan that will outline and serve as a roadmap for our future cooperation to be strong and firm.”
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- 03/07/2025 – Amb. Dunnigan Urges Vigilance, Praises U.S.-Georgia Ties in Farewell Speech
- 21/05/2025 – U.S. Secretary of State Rubio Calls Georgian Dream an “Anti-American Government”, Warns of Consequences
- 06/05/2025 – MEGOBARI Act Passes House of Representatives
As of the end of 2024, the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), part of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, has approved a total of $135.2 million in financing for Azerbaijan since its establishment in November 1999, Azernews reports, citing the ICD’s annual report.
The Circassian genocide and forced deportation of 1864 remain among the darkest chapters of 19th-century history in the North Caucasus. This tragic event, often referred to as the “Great Exile,” was a direct result of the Russian Empire’s colonial policies aimed at crushing Circassian resistance—most notably following the prolonged resistance led by Imam Shamil. On May 21, 1864, after a fierce conflict, the Russian Empire decisively defeated the Circassians, triggering the mass deportation of approximately 1.5 million people from their ancestral lands in the North Caucasus to the Ottoman Empire, covering present-day Türkiye, Syria, Jordan, and other regions. Hundreds of thousands perished from hunger, disease, and exhaustion during this forced migration.
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