News Digest
GEORGIA PARLIAMENT VOTES TO STOP PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN S. OSSETIA.
By empty (2/15/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgian lawmakers on Wednesday passed a resolution which calls for terminating the current peacekeeping operation in the zone of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict, but stopped short of setting the dates for the peacekeepers\' pullout. The parliament instructed the government to \"step up the efforts to work out a new format of peacekeeping operation in the zone of the South Ossetian conflict.\" It has to be replaced with a more effective international peacekeeping operation, Georgian lawmakers said.KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT SPEAKER CRITICIZES PRESIDENT, PREMIER
By empty (2/14/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In an address to parliament on 13 February, Tekebaev praised the work of the legislature but harshly criticized both President Kurmanbek Bakiev and Prime Minister Feliks Kulov. Calling parliament the country\'s \"most transparent branch of government,\" Tekebaev said that the legislature has \"evoked the intense envy of certain individuals, who have accused parliament of trying to assume the role of head of state.\" The remark apparently referred to a 3 February address in which Bakiev criticized parliament for allegedly exceeding its mandate.AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER IDENTIFIES REMAINING DIFFERENCES
By empty (2/13/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
U.S. Minsk Group co-Chairman Steven Mann told RFE/RL in Rambouillet on 12 February that the two presidents discussed \"the full range of issues,\" and he characterized the \"personal atmospherics\" between them as \"good.ARMENIAN, AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS FAIL TO ADOPT PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT ON KARABAKH
By empty (2/13/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Robert Kocharian and Ilham Aliyev met separately on 10 February in Paris with French President Jacques Chirac, and later the same day and on 11 February in Rambouillet, to discuss approaches to resolving the Karabakh conflict, RFE/RL reported. But they failed to finalize the anticipated statement on general principles that could serve as a framework for resolving the conflict. The two presidents met for several hours on 10 February, first in the company of their respective foreign ministers and the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group, and then one-on-one; a further one-on-one meeting lasting some two hours took place on 11 February, after which the two presidents left Rambouillet without making any statement for the press.Visit also
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