Civil Georgia
January 28, 2015
NATO Deputy Secretary General to Visit Georgia
Tbilisi: NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, will visit Georgia on January 29-30.
He will meet President Giorgi Margvelashvili; PM Irakli Garibashvili; Minister of Defense Mindia Janelidze; parliament speaker Davit Usupashvili, and First Deputy Foreign Minister David Dondua.
Meeting with head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ilia II, is also scheduled.
Implementation of the “substantive package” of cooperation, which NATO offered to Georgia at its summit in Wales in September, including planned joint training center in Georgia, will be among the issues of discussions, according to the Georgian officials.
During the visit, the NATO Deputy Secretary General will also attend a panel discussion at the Atlantic Council of Georgia where he will deliver a keynote speech.
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Ministry of Defence of Georgia
January 28, 2015
UK Delegation Visited MoD
The delegation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland visited the Ministry of Defence of Georgia. Defence Minister Mindia Janelidze together with his deputy Levan Girsiashvili hosted the UK delegation led by Defence and Security Adviser in the cross-government Security & Justice Group David Clarce. Special advisor to Georgian Defence Minister Stephen Glover attended the meeting as well.
At the introductory meeting Defence Minister delivered information to the guests concerning the ongoing reforms in the Georgian defence sphere and future plans. Implementation of Substantial Package Georgia received at NATO Summit in Wales was one of the main topic of the discussion. The sides highlighted UK’s support in the implementation process of Substantial Package. Opening of NATO-Georgia Joint Training Center in Georgia, national documents of military policy, infrastructural projects, resources management, improving defence policy, as well as deepening bilateral cooperation between Georgia and the UK were discussed at the meeting.
At the end of the meeting, Defence Minister once more expressed gratitude to the guests for Georgia’s support and experience sharing.
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