Day: August 14, 2025

1. Armenia and Azerbaijan leaders seek to ease Russian and Iranian concerns after US-brokered peace deal  Fox News
2. Trump’s Armenia-Azerbaijan agreement advanced peace, but Washington can’t let up now  Atlantic Council
3. Trump could transform Caucasus with Armenia-Azerbaijan peace  Financial Times
4. Will Trump’s deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan lead to lasting peace?  The Conversation
5. Azerbaijan, Armenia publish text of US-brokered peace deal  Reuters
6. Who Deserves Credit for the Armenia–Azerbaijan Peace Deal?  The Bulwark
7. Iranian press review: US-brokered Azerbaijan-Armenia deal a ‘great betrayal’  Middle East Eye
8. Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Sign Peace Pledge at White House  The New York Times
9. Trump embraces role of peacemaker in Azerbaijan and Armenia deal  Politico

Peace without Putin: How Armenia and Azerbaijan made a deal with Washington’s help  theins.ru

Mobile operator achieves outstanding customer satisfaction results above international standards

Türkiye’s exports to its border neighbors — Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Greece — grew by 4% year-on-year in the January–July period

‘Georgia is moving towards authoritarianism’ – opinion from the US  JAM-news.net

Michael Carpenter on Georgia

Former White House official Michael Carpenter told Independence Avenue Media that Georgia is going through dark times. He said repressive laws are destroying the country’s civil society, while an authoritarian style of governance is blocking its path to European integration.

Carpenter also touched on an agreement signed in Washington without Georgia’s participation, saying it reflects the weakening of the country’s role in the region.

A Tbilisi perspective on the historic Aliyev–Pashinyan meeting

What will a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan bring to Georgia? Economic losses, but also a chance to weaken Russia and strengthen the West, experts say

Michael Carpenter: “I think the opening of the ‘Trump Road’ will allow international companies to diversify the trade routes they use, and Georgia will no longer be the only or best option.

In addition, Georgia’s close ties with Iran, Russia and China are gradually eroding its importance in economic integration with Western countries.

Georgia’s European integration is now more under threat than ever. The country is going through dark times and moving towards authoritarianism.

Georgia has always been a leading political player on the Black Sea coast, a country that slowly but steadily demonstrated its Euro-Atlantic ambitions. Two years ago, EU integration for Georgia seemed entirely realistic – but then came a series of laws that paved the way for legalising offshore corruption and effectively dismantled the civil sector. All this has shown us that Georgia has strayed from the path of Euro-Atlantic integration.”

France’s Minister for European Affairs: “They are closing the door to Europe for the people of Georgia”

Benjamin Haddad confirmed that the introduction of sanctions against Georgian Dream is being considered at the European level.

News in Georgia

Between January and July 2025, a total of 181.76 million manats was refunded from the state budget to individuals and legal entities in Azerbaijan, Azernews reports, according to the Ministry of Finance.