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Regional issues dominate Armenian-Georgian talks in Yerevan
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Regional issues dominate Armenian-Georgian talks in Yerevan

13 May 2021
The Georgian prime minister, Irakli Garibashvili, was in Yerevan on Wednesday (12 May) for talks with his Armenian counterpart and other officials. It is a tradition that a new Georgian leader, on taking office, visits the two neighbouring countries, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Garibashvili was in Baku a week before. Armenia and Georgia renewed their commitment to working together to develop bilateral relations in many fields, but there was also considerable emphasis put on regional co-operation.
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UN Envoy to Yemen to leave post after being appointed to a senior post in the organisation's New York headquarters
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UN Envoy to Yemen to leave post after being appointed to a senior post in the organisation's New York headquarters

12 May 2021
The UN Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, who has served as the main UN negotiator for peace in Yemen, is set to leave his post after serving for more than three years. He is due to take more senior responsibilities as a UN undersecretary-general for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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Violence across the Holy Land leaves dozens dead, and many more injured
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Violence across the Holy Land leaves dozens dead, and many more injured

12 May 2021
Violence swept across the Holy Land on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning (11-12 May) leaving dozens of dead people and many more injured in the Palestinian territories and in Israel. Reuters news agency reports that hostilities between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement  based in Gaza, escalated on Wednesday, with at least 35 killed in Gaza and five in Israel in the most intensive aerial exchanges for years.