Opposition members of the Georgian parliament appealed to NATO and the EU to “take a firm and united position against Russia’s ongoing policy of occupation and annexation.” They called for a response to the placement of a permanent base for the Russian navy in the Abkhaz port of Ochamchira.

The meeting in Malta of the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia with the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine is a demonstrative anti-Russian gesture of official Yerevan. This was stated by the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zakharova.

Salome Zurabishvili fears that Russian President Putin may use relocants to launch a “doctrine for the protection of Russian-speaking citizens” and start a war. She stated this in an interview with a reporter from the American television channel CBS (CBS).

The Israeli authorities assessed the level of danger for their citizens’ stay in the North Caucasus and the South of the Russian Federation as maximum (fourth) and urged them not to visit these regions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting in the Kremlin that the unrest at Makhachkala airport was “inspired through social networks from Ukraine through Western intelligence services.”

Georgia expects a far-sighted and fair decision from Europe that will allow the country to deservedly receive candidate status. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated this during his speech at the Silk Road Forum in Tbilisi.

A peace agreement between Yerevan and Baku could be signed within a few months. Active work on the document is currently underway. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan announced this at the Silk Road Forum in Tbilisi.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he sees no advantage in the continued presence of Russian military bases in Armenia, the Wall Street Journal reports. He also told the newspaper that Yerevan is looking for new partners, since Moscow, in his words, “has not fulfilled its allied obligations.”

Azerbaijan supports the Palestinian people's struggle for statehood. This was announced by the country's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov at an extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

The Georgian parliament failed to impeach President Salome Zurabishvili. Instead of the required 100, the decision was supported by 86 deputies. However, the opposition was not present in the meeting room during the voting.