News Digest
COUNCIL OF EUROPE HEAD DISCUSSES GEORGIAN CONFLICTS
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Council of Europe Secretary-General Terry Davis met in Tbilisi on 15 April with Georgian Minister for Conflict Resolution Giorgi Khaindrava to discuss the situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Speaking at a press conference on 16 April, Davis recommended that Georgia bear in mind the \"positive role\" played by Russia during the standoff last year between the central Georgian government and Adjara, and its peacekeeping operations in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. He noted that both Russia and Georgia face separatist conflicts, and reaffirmed his support for the territorial integrity of both countries.KYRGYZ PRESIDENT SUPPORTS KAZAKH LEADER\'S UNION PROPOSAL
By empty (4/16/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
At a meeting with Kazakh Ambassador Umirzak Uzbekov in Bishkek on 16 April, acting Kyrgyz President Bakiev said that he supports Kazakh President Nazarbaev\'s plan to create a union of Central Asian states. \"We fully support this idea. The idea has been around for quite a while now and I think that such a union would only promote economic rapprochement, first and foremost, and of course political union.DAUGHTER OF OUSTED PRESIDENT RETURNS TO KYRGYZSTAN
By empty (4/15/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Bermet Akaeva, the daughter of ousted President Askar Akaev, made a surprise appearance at a session of Kyrgyzstan\'s parliament in Bishkek on 14 April, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. She said that she had arrived to occupy the seat she won in recent parliamentary elections but agreed to leave after Speaker Omurbek Tekebaev convinced her that it would be best to wait until the Central Election Commission rules on alleged voting irregularities in her election. Akaeva said that she returned to Kyrgyzstan from Moscow, where her family fled after 24 March, because she is concerned at the situation in the country, akipress.GEORGIAN INTERIOR MINISTER ANNOUNCES BAN ON DEMONSTRATONS DURING VISIT OF U.S. PRESIDENT
By empty (4/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgian Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili announced on 14 April that all demonstrations and public rallies are to be banned during next month\'s visit by U.S. President George Bush.Visit also
Staff Publications
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Greater Central Asia as A Component of U.S. Global Strategy, October 2024.
Analysis Laura Linderman, "Rising Stakes in Tbilisi as Elections Approach," Civil Georgia, September 7, 2024.
Analysis Mamuka Tsereteli, "U.S. Black Sea Strategy: The Georgian Connection", CEPA, February 9, 2024.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
Book Svante E. Cornell, ed., "The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus" AFPC Press/Armin LEar, 2023.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, Stepping up to the “Agency Challenge”: Central Asian Diplomacy in a Time of Troubles, July 2023.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.