At the request of a journalist, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller assessed the open letter of the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze to the American authorities. This was reported by the Formula TV channel.

The Russian government has relaxed the conditions for obtaining Russian citizenship for the population of the "self-proclaimed republics" of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Previously, citizens of these regions were required to permanently reside in the territory of the Russian Federation for five years, speak Russian, and know the history and basics of Russian legislation. Now these conditions are being cancelled. To obtain a Russian passport, they must submit an application to a Russian diplomatic mission, and if they live in Russia, to a territorial body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the day before that territorial claims against Baku enshrined in the country's Constitution can be ignored. This shows that Pashinyan is not interested in lasting peace and is only trying to maintain this situation as a backup option for resuming aggression against Azerbaijan in the future, the country's Foreign Ministry noted.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky officially appointed Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, former Russian political prisoner Nariman Dzhelal (Dzhelyalov) as Ambassador to Turkey.

In 2022-2023, Armenia signed a number of contracts for the supply of weapons with India for a total of over $1.5 billion. France is in second place in terms of purchases in this area ($250 million).

Грузинский премьер Ираклий Кобахидзе обратился с открытым письмом к президенту США Дональду Трампу и вице-президенту Джей Ди Вэнсу. В нем он, среди прочего, выразил надежду на «искреннее противостояние» американских властей «Глубинному государству» (Deep State) и перезагрузку грузино-американских отношений.

17-year-old Adam Kadyrov was awarded again - he received a commemorative medal for the 25th anniversary of the OMON "Akhmat-Grozny". On the occasion of the event, a ceremonial parade was held on the territory of the unit.

Speaker of the Parliament and one of the leaders of the ruling party of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili named the reasons for the unprecedented crisis in relations between Tbilisi and Brussels at the conference of EU partners in Budapest. According to him, "relations have become hostage to the political context." Papuashvili explained that "some political groups in Europe had harmful expectations regarding Georgia."

On May 11, the 165th day of protests, a rally in support of the controversial US bill – the MEGOBARI Act – took place in Tbilisi. Demonstrators reached the US Embassy, ​​from where they headed to Rustaveli Avenue, the traditional rally site in front of the parliament.

Baku has legitimate expectations from Yerevan. They are related to the exclusion of territorial claims against Azerbaijan from the Constitution of Armenia. This was stated by the country's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.