Georgia to join NATO Multinational Military Police Battalion
Georgia and Croatia signed a cooperation declaration. Photo Defence Ministry press office.
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Starting from 2020 Georgia will join the NATO Multinational Military Policy Battalion, composed of military police units of Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia.
The Battalion, or its elements, were allowed to be deployed from 2013 to any area of NATO operations where the need arises for coordinated multi-national police activities.
We are happy that the decision is positive and from 2020, we, in the format of the military police, will be involved in different missions, exercises in the format of NATO. This is another recognition of our abilities and the expression of support,” Georgian Defence Minister Levan Izoria stated in Croatia earlier today, after the meeting with his Croatian colleague Damir Krsticevic.
The Georgian Military Police platoon will be included in the battalion.
The ministers also signed a declaration for further development of defence and military ties.
Krsticevic said that his country is eager to continue support for Georgia in the implementation of several elements of the NATO-Georgia Substantial Package.
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Georgian and German defence ministers have signed a deal which for the first time in the history of Georgian-German military cooperation affirms Germany’s support for Georgia’s NATO integration and its commitment to provide “maximal assistance” for the country to achieve its goal of joining the alliance.
The chairperson of the German General Staff General Eberhard Zorn has come to Georgia for a two-day visit to familiarize himself with Georgia’s defence and military achievements and to find the ways for further cooperation between the two countries.
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The Military Police of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia has become a partner of the NATO Multinational Military Police Battalion, in a move that brings it closer to full membership in the alliance structure.
Major General Giorgi Matiashvili, the Chief of the Georgian Defence Forces, on Wednesday congratulated employees of the Military Police Department of the Ministry on their professional day and awarded those in service.