Ministry of Defence of Georgia
February 12, 2015
Project “Georgia IV”
NATO/PfP Trust Fund Project “Georgia IV” has launched. NATO Trust Fund Project Manager David Towndrow arrived in the village of Skra, Gori region and observed the ongoing works in the framework of the project. All necessary equipment for implementation of the project is already mobilized on the site and specially trained EOD Company personnel are ready to start demining works.
The Project“Georgia IV” envisages clearing the military ammunition depot in the village of Skra that was damaged after the 2008 August Russia-Georgian war. In the frames of the project, military ammunition will be removed from the collapsed underground bunkers and made safe that will reduce the risk of an explosion of the damaged munitions which would threaten the international rail line and nearest village. Implementation of the project will make the area safe for the local population and usable for the local authorities.
Georgia has been actively cooperating with the NATO Support Agency (NSPA, former NATO Maintenance and Support Agency, NAMSA) since 2002. Through this cooperation three NATO Partnership for Peace Trust Fund projects – Georgia I, Georgia II and Georgia III have been successfully implemented.
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Ministry of Defence of Georgia
February 12, 2015
EU European External Action Service Delegation Visit
The representatives of EU European External Action Service pays two-day working visit to Georgia. Today Deputy Minister of Defence Levan Girsiashvili hosted the delegation led by Director of the Crisis Management and Planning Directorate, Gabor Iklody.
Georgia-EU cooperation, regional security environment and existing challenges were spoken at the meeting. The sides discussed cooperation plan of 2015 and underlined the importance of partnership in defence sphere.
The representatives of Ministries of Defence and Internal Affairs, as well as State Security and Crisis Management Council attended the meeting.
Within the visit to Georgia, Gabor Iklody will deliver a lecture to the Junkers of Davit Agmashenebeli National Defence Academy on EU security and defence policy.
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