Azerbaijan–Georgia relations
bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia (country)
Foreign relations exist between Azerbaijan and Georgia, two neighboring small nations which were former Republics of the Soviet Union. Azerbaijan has an embassy in Tbilisi and Georgia has an embassy in Baku. Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). The two countries are among the four founding members of the GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development along with Ukraine and Moldova.
Relations between the two countries are close and cordial. Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili once described relations as "whoever opposes Azerbaijan or Georgia is an enemy of both our countries."
Diaspora
There are 284,761 Azeris in Georgia. They are the largest minority of Georgia and constitute 6.5% of Georgia's population, mostly in Kvemo Kartli, Kakheti, Shida Kartli and Mtskheta-Mtianeti. There is also a large Azeri community in the capital city of Tbilisi. The Georgian minority in Azerbaijan is less sizable and they are known as Ingiloy.
History
Georgia and Azerbaijan have maintained cordial relations ever since the first establishment of their independent statehoods in 1918.
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