17 January: Experienced diplomat Temuri Alasania, the uncle of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, has become an adviser to the Georgian Foreign Ministry. He is expected to focus on the revival of contacts with Russia, which were practically broken af

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16 January: Iran on Sunday acknowledged receipt of a letter from the United States administration over Strait of Hormuz.Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said that the US administration has forwarded a letter to the Islamic Republic of Iran th

15 January: The Joint Control Commission supervising the peacekeeping operation in Transdniestria has reached agreements that would bring down tensions after an incident at a peacekeepers post where Moldovan citizen Vadim Pisar was wounded lethally on Jan

Turkey's balancing act between Iran and the West. NATO's early warning system in Malatya came into operation on 1 January despite Iranian opposition.

14 January: Rauf Denktash, the founder and first president of the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus", has died at the age of 87, Cypriot state TV has reported.Denktash headed the territory for more than 30 years since the Turkish invasion pro