Georgia, NATO discuss cooperation ahead of Warsaw Summit
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Georgia’s relations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and the country’s expectations of the upcoming NATO Summit in Warsaw were high on the agenda of today’s meeting between Georgia's Minister of Defence Tinatin Khidasheli and NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow in Brussels, Belgium.
Earlier today Khidasheli met Vershbow to review matters of bilateral cooperation between NATO and Georgia. The meeting concluded Khidasheli’s official talks with top European defence and security officials in Belgium’s capital.
The main objective we have placed before the Warsaw Summit is to provide significant and tangible progress in terms of strengthening [Georgia's] defence capability that could be easily understood and explained," Khidasheli said after meeting Vershbow.
Vershbow and Khidasheli discussed a range of topics relating to NATO-Georgia cooperation. Photo from the Ministry of Defence of Georgia/Facebook.
First details of the meeting were announced by Georgia's Defence Ministry to its social media followers:
MOD @tinakhidasheli met w/ @NATOdsg. Discussed upcoming #WarsawSummit expectations & #NATO-#Georgia relations pic.twitter.com/HvrKx1ldwX
— MOD Georgia (@ModGovGe) June 16, 2016
The discussion also touched on projects Georgia will start implementing after the NATO Summit.
One thing we can say for sure is that our country will leave the Summit equipped with many new capabilities and bilateral projects," said Georgia's Defence Minister.
Khidasheli noted the two officials had also reviewed the political declaration the Warsaw Summit will adopt with regards to NATO's maintained support for Georgia.
The NATO Warsaw Summit will run from July 8-9 in Poland's capital.
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