Within the frames of ICCN's "Fostering Russia-Georgia Neighborly Relations" programme financially supported by the Government of Switzerland concurrent expert dialogue meeting in Istanbul Process format was held in Istanbul, Turkey on August 16-17, 2014. Issues of security and terrorism, transport and energy corridors, and challenges and advantages of signing DCFTA by Georgia were discussed by Georgian and Russian experts.
This is 14th meeting of Russian and Georgian experts within the frames of Istanbul Process which was initiated by Dr. George Khutsishvili, Founder and Director of International Center on Conflict and Negotiation (ICCN) in November 2008 at the neutral platform and with financial support of Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflicts (GPPAC).