62nd Round of Geneva Talks: Progress and Challenges in the Dialogue on the Conflicts in the South Caucasus

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: November 6, 2024; 20:54 ♦ (Vindobona)

Delegations gathered at the Palais des Nations on November 5 and 6, 2024 for the 62nd round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) on the unresolved conflicts in the South Caucasus. The Geneva talks, which have been convened since 2008 following the Georgian-Russian war, provide a platform for dialog and diplomatic exchange between Georgia, Russia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and representatives of the EU, OSCE, and the United Nations.

The Geneva International Discussions (GID) are international talks to address the consequences of the 2008 Russo-Georgian War held in the Palace of Nations in Geneva. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons; Mourad Ben Abdallah, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)

At this latest round of talks, Magdalena Grono officially introduced herself as the new EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia. She took over the co-chairmanship together with Cihan Sultanoğlu, a representative of the UN, and Viorel Moşanu, the OSCE Special Representative for the South Caucasus. Grono, who took up her post in September 2024, is…