Day: October 20, 2026

Further development of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Georgia in regional security, energy, and transport infrastructure is extremely important, Georgian political analyst Archil Sikharulidze, founder of the SIKHA Foundation research institute, told Report.

According to him, relations between the two countries have a strong foundation; however, at the subsequent stage of bilateral cooperation, special attention should be paid to regional security and connectivity opportunities between the countries.

The political analyst noted that ensuring security in the region is impossible through the efforts of a single country alone, making an approach that considers regional processes among Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Türkiye, Iran, and Russia, as well as ensuring infrastructure reliability, essential.

Sikharulidze emphasized the significance of mutual respect and regional cooperation in developing relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia.

He stated that the friendship and close cooperation forged between Azerbaijan and Georgia since 1991 must continue to develop.

According to the expert, transitioning to regional cooperation at the next stage – particularly strengthening ties in security, energy, and infrastructure – is of key importance.

Charles K. Boles had every reason to feel exhilarated as he strode into the State Department in Foggy Bottom at the end of May 1979. A seasoned foreign service officer, “Chuck,” as everyone knew him, had been lauded by his bosses as one of the best writers in the department’s Office of Security (or SY as it was then known). And he had one hell of a story to tell.

Boles was returning from his post in Kabul, Afghanistan. There, on Valentine’s Day three months earlier, his friend, the U.S. Ambassador Adolph “Spike” Dubs, had been kidnapped and murdered.

State ordered Chuck, a former U.S. Marine sergeant and Vietnam veteran, to head the investigation. His casework had already drawn praise from the brass as “truly outstanding.” Now, after more than three months of relentless inquiry, he was greeted warmly by colleagues in State’s second-floor security branch.

Waiting for him was the trove of evidence he and his regional supervisor, Ron Kelly, had cabled and sent via diplomatic pouch from Embassy Kabul on a daily basis throughout the investigation. This precaution was needed given the two leading suspects in Spike’s murder: the Moscow-backed communist Afghan regime of the day, and the dominant foreign intelligence agency in Kabul—the Kremlin’s KGB.

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