Ministry of Defence of Georgia
July 12, 2013
The Georgian delegation getting familiar with the situation on Georgian bases
The delegation of Ministry of Defence of Georgia paid a week-long visit to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. First Deputy Defence Minister Levan Dolidze and First Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff of Georgian Armed Forces Brig. Gen. Vakhtang Kapanadze arrived in Kabul to see the Georgian Platoon deployed there and visited 33rd and 42nd battalions in Helmand province. The MoD delegation got familiarized with all the engineer activities already performed or ongoing at the Georgian bases with the purpose of strengthening security measures there. The military personnel serving in the ISAF mission briefed personally the MoD officials about the situation on the ground.
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Within the visit, meetings were held with Commanding-General Southwest Maj. Gen. Walter Miller, Commander of Task Force Belleau Wood James Stopa, Commander of 7th Combat Regiment COL Austin Ranford and Chief of Staff LTC Christian Rankin. The sides talked on the importance of the ISAF mission. Allied Command officials extended their gratitude to the MoD representatives for the contribution provided by Georgia to the ISAF mission.
“We have been assured once again that interoperability of our armed forces and military personnel with our partner states within NATO is improving and our military servicemen are fulfilling [their] entrusted mission at a high-level. We have had very important consultations with ISAF leadership to ensure additional security for our combat units in Afghanistan” stated First Deputy Minister Levan Dolidze.
Up to 1,600 Georgian troops are deployed in Afghanistan. They are performing the full spectrum operations shoulder to shoulder with the U.S Marines. Their main task there is to combat terrorism, to provide patrolling in their area of operation for the safety of population and set mobile control posts there.
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