I don't expert any drastic changes. The country will continue to integrate with the European Union and NATO and at the same time to improve its relations with Russia, Director of the Caucasus Research Resource Centers-Georgia Office Koba Turmanidze said in an interview to ArmInfo, when asked what changes he expects in Georgia's foreign policy as soon as a new president comes into power.
"We should wait and see if we can combine these two policies. It is good but not always possible to have friendly relations with neighbors. The unfriendly relations with Russia are not Georgia's choice. They came from the threat to our sovereignty, the support of separatists in our territory and the ban on our goods in Russia," Turmanidze said.
He said that Turkey is Georgia's key trade partner and a supporter of its territorial integrity. Turmanidze does not agree with the opinion that close ties with Turkey may cause demographic problems in Georgia. "For obvious reasons, Georgia is the only way for both Azerbaijan and Armenia to Turkey and I don't see why it should not make best of it," the Georgian expert said.
Joint online press conference of experts from various countries for Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian mass media on the relevant problems are organized within the project "Expansion of knowledge of Armenians and Azerbaijanis about each other and confidence building through first-hand information". The project of the "Region" Research Center (Armenia) and Peace and Democracy Institute (Azerbaijan) is supported by the British Embassies in Armenia and Azerbaijan.