Representatives of the Georgian opposition reacted with irony to the decision of the ruling Georgian Dream party to swap the positions of prime minister and chairman. The day before it became known that Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili will take the post of chairman of the party, and its leader Irakli Kobakhidze will apparently head the government.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili confirmed that he has resigned. He will take the post of chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party.

On February 1, the castling of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party Irakli Kobakhidze will be announced. They will exchange positions, the pro-government Imedi TV channel reported. Reshuffles may also affect other departments, including the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Justice.

Armenia is moving along the path of acquiring new modern weapons and equipment. In recent years, the government has signed contracts to purchase weapons and ammunition worth several billion dollars. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this at the celebration of Army Day.

Recently, for the second time, the authorities of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia have denied a visit to the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, Toivo Klaar.

Official Baku strongly condemns the biased decision of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) regarding Azerbaijan. This was stated by Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.

Georgia and Armenia have concluded a strategic partnership agreement. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced this at a joint press conference with his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan in Tbilisi.

After the introduction of anti-Russian sanctions, the Georgian customs service prevented the import of imported products intended for export to the Russian Federation 1,770 times. This was stated by Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili.

The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum has published a ranking of post-Soviet countries in terms of democratic development and European integration.

Azerbaijan strongly rejects the unfounded accusations against it regarding territorial claims against Armenia put forward by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Relations, Josep Joseph Borel. This was stated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.