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The South Caucasus – a region encompassing Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia - is one of strategic importance, not only for adjacent countries, such as Turkiye, Russia, Iran and the Central Asian states, but also for neighbours such as the European Union and the GCC states, and globally for the United States, India, China, Pakistan and Japan.

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Ruling party in Georgia secures tense local election victories as EU expresses concern on democratic process
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Ruling party in Georgia secures tense local election victories as EU expresses concern on democratic process

7 October 2025
Candidates of the ruling Georgian Dream party have won local elections held on 4 October in all five self-governing cities namely Tbilisi, Rustavi, Kutaisi, Batumi, and Poti based on preliminary results released by the Central Election Commission. The results appear to consolidate the ruling party’s control over Georgia’s largest municipalities amid a backdrop of political tension and opposition boycotts of the local elections.
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Almaty Summit advances reforms to strengthen the Trans-Caspian transport route
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Almaty Summit advances reforms to strengthen the Trans-Caspian transport route

3 October 2025
On Wednesday (1 October), Almaty hosted a high-level summit attended by delegations from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Turkey to coordinate measures to improve the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), also known as the Middle Corridor. The meetings produced a series of agreements intended to streamline logistics, boost infrastructure, and unify tariff policies along the corridor.
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Protest actions against extradition and pardoning of an Azerbaijani killer to be held in front of Hungary's representation and EU building in Brussels on 8 September
Protest actions against extradition and pardoning of an Azerbaijani killer to be held in front of Hungary's representation and EU building in Brussels on 8 September
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Protest actions against extradition and pardoning of an Azerbaijani killer to be held in front of Hungary's representation and EU building in Brussels on 8 September

7 September 2012
The protest actions against extradition and pardoning of the Azerbaijani killer, Ramil Safarov, will be held in front of Hungary's representation and EU building in Brussels on 8 September.
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New protest actions in Spain and Canada against extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov
New protest actions in Spain and Canada against extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov
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New protest actions in Spain and Canada against extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov

7 September 2012
An action of protest was held in front of the Hungarian Consulate building in Madrid against extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani officer who viciously murdered sleeping Armenian officer in 2004.
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Human rights defender: Baku's statement that it was acting within the frames of international norms directly insults international law
Human rights defender: Baku's statement that it was acting within the frames of international norms directly insults international law
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Human rights defender: Baku's statement that it was acting within the frames of international norms directly insults international law

7 September 2012
The official Baku's statement, that it was acting within the frames of the Azerbaijani legislation and international norms in the matter of Ramil Safarov's pardoning, directly insults international law, Armenian first human rights defender, Larisa Alaverdyan, told Arminfo correspondent.
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Washington is in touch with authorities Armenia and Azerbaijan regarding extradition and pardoning Azerbaijani killer Safarov
Washington is in touch with authorities Armenia and Azerbaijan regarding extradition and pardoning Azerbaijani killer Safarov
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Washington is in touch with authorities Armenia and Azerbaijan regarding extradition and pardoning Azerbaijani killer Safarov

7 September 2012
The U.S. Department of State has maintained contacts with the authorities of Azerbaijan in connection with pardoning and promoting the Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov from Hungary, Patrick Ventrell, Acting Deputy Spokesperson, said at Daily Press Briefing in Washington.
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UN Secretary General: "Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the pardoned killer of an Armenian soldier would not affect the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue"
UN Secretary General: "Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the pardoned killer of an Armenian soldier would not affect the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue"
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UN Secretary General: "Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the pardoned killer of an Armenian soldier would not affect the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue"

7 September 2012
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hopes that tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the pardoned killer of an Armenian soldier would not affect the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, his spokesman Martin Nesirky said on Thursday.
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Amnesty International: Azerbaijani government should rescind any privileges awarded to Safarov and publicly condemn ethnic violence
Amnesty International: Azerbaijani government should rescind any privileges awarded to Safarov and publicly condemn ethnic violence
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Amnesty International: Azerbaijani government should rescind any privileges awarded to Safarov and publicly condemn ethnic violence

7 September 2012
"Amnesty International is concerned that the actions of the Azerbaijani government following the extradition of Armed Forces Lieutenant Ramil Safarov will be perceived as an endorsement of ethnically- motivated violence," reads the statement by the Amnesty International.
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NATO Secretary General: "There is no military solution to Karabakh conflict"
NATO Secretary General: "There is no military solution to Karabakh conflict"
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NATO Secretary General: "There is no military solution to Karabakh conflict"

7 September 2012
"The region still faces great security challenges:And the most pressing regional challenge remains finding a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in his speech at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Firday, NATO official website reports.
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Statement by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance concerning the pardoning in Azerbaijan of a person convicted of hate crime
Statement by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance concerning the pardoning in Azerbaijan of a person convicted of hate crime
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Statement by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance concerning the pardoning in Azerbaijan of a person convicted of hate crime

7 September 2012
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) of the Council of Europe wishes to express consternation at the pardoning and release of Ramil Safarov, shortly after he had been transferred from Hungary to Azerbaijan in order to serve there a sentence of life imprisonment imposed by a Budapest court for the murder of a Armenian army officer in 2004.
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