AGP Executive Report
Last update: 36 minutes agoMigration & Security: Georgia’s Interior Ministry is drafting major amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens and Stateless Persons, tightening rules for foreign students with language proof (NAEC exams/certificates), setting admission quotas, and requiring universities to log foreign-student data in a unified system. Visa Liberalization Row: Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili says a June 11 visa-liberalization meeting should be “technical,” rejecting political preconditions like joining EU sanctions on Russia and demands for opaque foreign funding. Regional Diplomacy: Georgia, Türkiye, and Azerbaijan will hold their 10th trilateral foreign ministers’ meeting in Istanbul on June 8, with a planned “Istanbul Declaration” and talks on connectivity, energy, transport corridors, and security. Armenia’s Election Fallout: Georgian PM Irakli Kobakhidze congratulated Nikol Pashinyan after Armenia’s parliamentary vote; Pashinyan says Armenia will keep moving toward EU rapprochement while also participating in the EAEU and maintaining relations with Russia. Tech & Business: Global Tech Weekend Tbilisi returns June 19-21, aiming to draw 20,000+ international attendees for talks, workshops, and investment-focused events. Culture & Faith: Catholicos-Patriarch Shio III baptized up to 700 children in Tbilisi, continuing the mass-baptism tradition started by Ilia II.
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