NATO ships enter Georgian territory
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NATO ships entered Georgian waters yesterday and stopped at Poti port in the country’s western, coastal region for joint naval drills.
The ships of Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and the Great Britain are participating in drills which will continue until May 18.
Welcome @NATO navy vessels from #Bulgaria, #Romania, #Turkey and the #UK entering the #Poti port, example of excellent cooperation between NATO and #Georgia
— Mikheil Janelidze (@JanelidzeMkh) May 14, 2018
The drills were initiated by Georgia.
NATO expresses its clear support towards Georgia through holding the drills. At the same time the step has a practical goal, as Georgia is hosting joint drills,” Temur Kekelidze, head of Georgia’s Maritime Police stated at a joint press conference on a Turkish vessel yesterday.
He stated that Georgia’s Coast Guard ships will receive helpful experience via the joint exercises.
The flagship of NATO’s naval forces REGELE FERDINAND and another NATO vessel under the Turkish flag entered Georgia’s coastal city of Batumi today.
"Oak Hill entered the Black Sea to demonstrate U.S. commitment to the collective defense of our NATO allies and partners,” the US Embassy to Georgia has stated.
The American vessel USS Oak Hill has docked in Georgia’s eastern coastal city of Batumi for the first time. According to the United States Embassy to Georgia, Oak Hill entered the Black Sea to demonstrate US commitment to the collective defense of its NATO allies and partners.
Four North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) ships are stationed in Batumi in west Georgia to participate in joint trainings with Georgian Coast Guards.
Heavy rain has caused the flooding of yards and ground floors of several streets in the coastal town of Poti in western Georgia.
A United States Navy vessel is on visit to Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi in a trip aimed at reaffirming the US support for the country and to enhance partnership for regional stability.
The USS Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer of the United States Navy 6th Fleet and the Georgian Coast Guard have conducted a joint routine training.
The US government has given Georgia two Island-class patrol boats on the 20th anniversary of the Georgian Coast Guard.Georgia named the boats Ochamchire and Dioskuria. Ochamchire is a town in Georgia’s currently occupied Abkhazia region, while Diosluria is the ancient name of Sokhumi in the same region.
The Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG2) has entered Georgia’s coastal city of Batumi earlier today to participate in three-day drills with Georgia’s coast guard personnel. The SNMCMG2 is represented by two ships the ITS VESUVIO (Italy) and TCG AMASRA (Turkey).
French National Navy warship Commandant Birot has entered the port in Georgia’s western coastal city of Batumi earlier today, Batumi City Hall has reported.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili visited the French National Navy warship Commandant Birot, which entered the port in Georgia’s western coastal city of Batumi yesterday. Zurabishvili said this port call “demonstrates the close partnership between France and Georgia”.