Ministry of Defence of Georgia
May 24, 2013
Security Symposium of Black Sea and Caspian Sea Basins
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The attendees of the Symposium are discussing a number of issues like regional stability…and the possible shift of Middle East crises to the Caucasus region.
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In the Hotel Sheraton, Batumi, the Security Symposium of Black Sea and Caspian Sea basins has opened.
Representatives of the United States European Command Intelligence, high-ranking intelligence officials of Black Sea and Caspian Sea basins countries – Georgia, Bulgaria, Rumania, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan – military attaches and experts take part in the Conference held by the organization of Military Intelligence Department of Ministry of Defence. The Head of Military Intelligence Department of JS of GAF [Joint Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces] Col. Roman Jokhadze unveiled the Conference.
The attendees of the Symposium are discussing a number of issues like regional stability, security of the Sochi Olympiad and associated threats and the possible shift of Middle East crises to the Caucasus region.
The Symposium is the project of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency which is held once a year and aims at rapprochement of military intelligence services of Black Sea and Caspian Sea basins` countries and consolidation around regional security issues. The Symposium was founded in 2006 and first was held in Washington. DIA National Intelligence University and J-2 Intelligence of the United States European Command provide organizational support for the Workshop.
DIA carries out the projects of similar format with intelligence agencies of Asia-Pacific Ocean and South-American countries.
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