Turkmen officials deny women's rights are trampled, but evidence suggests otherwise. Iran is making overtures. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
The murder of a 14-year-old girl by a man who considered her his wife has shone light on the problem of child marriage among Georgia's ethnic Azerbaijani community.
Azerbaijan is angry about France's sale of hardware and weapons to its rival Armenia. It's been quiet so far on Georgia's role in facilitating the transaction.
Unlike in Arab nations that have relations with Israel, there is no strong domestic pressure in Azerbaijan to take a harder line against the Jewish state.
As new films provoke national debate about the 1992-93 war in Abkhazia, Georgian society agrees to disagree on how to remember the conflict and deal with its consequences.
![Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili (center left) met on November 9 with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, where their conversation “was focused on Georgia’s EU accession.” After the meeting, Garibashvili’s office issued a statement that glossed over the conditions that Georgia has yet to meet, noting brusquely that Tbilisi “expects [candidacy] status to be granted by the European Council in December.” (Photo: gov.ge)](/sites/default/files/styles/article/public/2023-11/587_85717_399379_1.jpeg?itok=XpYDCzyw "Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili (center left) met on November 9 with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, where their conversation “was focused on Georgia’s EU accession.” After the meeting, Garibashvili’s office issued a statement that glossed over the conditions that Georgia has yet to meet, noting brusquely that Tbilisi “expects [candidacy] status to be granted by the European Council in December.” (Photo: gov.ge)")
