Ukrainian Defence Minister visits Georgia

The deepening of Georgia-Ukraine defence cooperation was in focus of all the meetings Stepan held in Tbilisi. Photo: MOD of Georgia.

Agenda.ge, 07 Jun 2017 - 14:53, Tbilisi,Georgia

Ukrainian Defence Minister Poltorak Stepan is paying an official visit to Tbilisi.

He met with his Georgian counterpart Levan Izoria and Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.

Met Minister of Defence of #Ukraine Poltorak Stepan. Conversation touched upon regional developments&perspectives of deepening cooperation pic.twitter.com/0rmXN5Q8wy
— Giorgi Kvirikashvili (@KvirikashviliGi) June 7, 2017

The deepening of Georgia-Ukraine defence cooperation was in focus of all the meetings Stepan held in Tbilisi.

Izoria offered his Ukrainian counterpart to send a Ukrainian expert to the NATO-Georgia Joint Trainiang and Evaluation Centre (JTEC) in Tbilisi in order to share the experience. He also invited Ukrainian servicemen to participate in a joint training at the JTEC planned for 2019.

"We reaffirm Georgia's support to #Ukraine sovereignty&territorial integrity" DefMin Izoria DefMin Poltorak Stepan is in #Georgia pic.twitter.com/IdJGouJkkp
— MOD Georgia (@ModGovGe) June 7, 2017

"We reaffirm Georgia's support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders", Izoria said following his meeting with Stepan.