Ministry of Defence of Georgia
November 11, 2014
Defence Minister meets defence attaches
Today, Minister of Defence of Georgia Mindia Janelidze hosted defence attaches of foreign countries accredited to Georgia in the Ministry of Defence. Chief of the General Staff of Georgian Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Vakhtang Kapanadze, his deputy COL Giorgi Kbiltsetskhlashvili and other top officials of the MoD attended an introductory meeting.
During the meeting, Minister stressed that Georgia`s foreign policy course is irrevocable and it aspires towards Euro-Atlantic integration. Minister highlighted the MoD priorities in the process of army build up and stated that a close cooperation with foreign partners promotes development of the armed forces of Georgia. The sides referred to the future cooperation aspects too.
“Today, we`ve had the meeting with foreign defence attaches accredited to Georgia. The meeting was led in a warm and business environment. We`ve made the message for our foreign partners about our priorities during development of army. We have referred to our tasks and working directions and listened to our partners` viewpoints. Certainly, international relations and communication with defence attaches are and will be one of the key directions of the MoD that will be used for advancement of the MoD and army capabilities.
Defence Attaché of France, Andrèe Evrard who heads foreign defence attachés accredited to Georgia stressed importance of the meeting with Defence Minister: “It was nice meeting. In the name of defence attaches to Georgia I would like to thank the new Minister of Defence as he is newly appointed and found some time to meet with us, which was very pleasant. He shared his assessment about the MoD, the priorities of MoD and the armed forces. I would like to thank new Minister to finding some time, sharing us his vision on the MoD and thank him for the trust he puts into the partner countries because he intends not to change the course of Euro-Atlantic and European integration, work hard on that. So we are very looking forward to continue our cooperation with the Georgian MoD and the Georgian Armed Forces”.