Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili is expected to address the gathering on Wednesday. Armenia and Azerbaijan are represented in this year's session at foreign minister level
"The spat in Bishkek is an indication that the atmosphere between the two sides remains poisoned and that President Putin efforts at "peace-making" do not seem to be going very far".
A delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) visited Tbilisi this week and concluded that "there is an environment for democratic elections".
The Pope will arrive in Tbilisi on 30 September and will stay until 2 October when he flies to Baku before returning to Rome that same evening. This will be the Pope's second trip to the South Caucasus this year. In June he visited Armenia
The political maturity of a nation is difficult to define, but on 8 October Georgians will contribute to the world's perception of their political maturity through the way they will engage with the electoral process.
A statement by the European External Action Service said that "The electoral stakeholders in Armenia should now fully implement the new electoral legislation in good faith in order to increase credibility, transparency and public trust in the new electoral system"