NATO Secretary General praises Georgia’s progress

Secretary General of the NATO Jens Stoltenberg has praised Georgia’s progress towards NATO membership in his speech at the NATO-Georgia commission meeting held at NATO headquarters.

Georgia is moving forward effectively, applying all the mechanisms on the way towards integration which makes the country closer to the alliance membership,” Stoltenberg said at the meeting, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported on December 13.

Stoltenberg has also characterised 2018 as ‘quite dynamic’ in terms of NATO-Georgia relations.

The allies have positively assessed Georgia’s performance in terms of its national annual programme in 2018 as well as the democratic and defence reforms, the MFA said.

The situation in the occupied regions of Georgia was also discussed at the meeting while the Deputy Foreign Minister, Vakhtang Makharoblishvili provided information about strengthening of the Russian military forces in Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) and Abkhazia, as well as the critical security and humanitarian situation in these regions.