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22 May 2021
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Georgian forces start withdrawing from Afghanistan
22 May 2021
More than 20,000 Georgian servicemen have participated in the mission in Afghanistan since 2004, usually serving six monthly rotations. Predominantly tasked with peacekeeping in the volatile Helmand province, Georgia was the largest non-NATO, as well as largest per-capita, contributor to ISAF mission. Dozens of Georgian soldiers were killed or injured during the Afghanistan operation.
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As peace talks in Yemen stall, US imposes new sanctions
21 May 2021
The United States announced Thursday (20 May) sanctions against two senior leaders of the Houthi group in Yemen due to their role in continuing offensive in Marib, exacerbating the humanitarian situation and paralysing peace talks.
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'Landmine Free South Caucasus 2021' kicks off with children at a Tbilisi school thanking deminers across the region
21 May 2021
The campaign, Landmine Free South Caucasus, is a collaborative effort by organisations from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia working with international partners to raise awareness of landmine issues in the region.
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EU highlights importance of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus approach in delivering humanitarian action
21 May 2021
The European Council has expressed serious concern at the unprecedented scale of humanitarian needs, the shrinking of humanitarian space, and the growing funding gap.
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Blinken and Lavrov gently get to know each other at Iceland meeting
20 May 2021
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov approached their first face-to-face meeting, which took place in Iceland on Wednesday (19 May), with caution, and gently started getting to know each other. The two senior diplomats have many more meetings in front of them as they try to adjust US-Russia relations.