EU-Georgia trade talks proving 'difficult', minister says

Preliminary talks on a free-trade regime are the "most difficult" part of a broad Association Agreement currently being negotiated between Georgia and the EU, possibly due to objections Tbilisi has raised against Russia joining the World Trade Organisation, Georgia's chief negotiator has said in an interview.

Eight months since the start of talks on an EU-Georgia Association Agreement, progress has been made in several chapters, but the preliminary negotiations of a "Deep and Comprehens...