NATO Deputy Sec-Gen, North Atlantic Council to visit Georgia
NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller will chair a meeting of the NATO–Georgia Commission with the Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia. Photo: Rose Gottemoeller/Twitter
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NATO announced yesterday that “at the invitation of the Georgian authorities” the North Atlantic Council (NAC), its a principal political decision-making body, will be visiting Georgia on October 3 and 4.
It further informed that NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller will chair a meeting of the NATO–Georgia Commission with the Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia in the Black seaside town of Batumi.
Gottemoeller will also deliver a speech to students at the Batumi State University, NATO reported.
The North Atlantic Council together with #NATO Deputy Secretary General @gottemoeller will visit #Georgia ???????? on 3 & 4 October.
— Oana Lungescu (@NATOpress) September 23, 2019
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Alog with the NATO Permanent Representatives, Gottemoeller will hold meetings with President Salome Zourabichvili, Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri, Defence MInister Irakli Garibashvili, Parliament Speakern Archil Talakvadze and other members of parliament.
The NATO Ambassadors will furthermore have a working lunch with Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani, meet with civil society representatives and visit two Georgian coast guard vessels as well.
“We have stepped up support for our close partners, Georgia and Ukraine, sovereign nations with the sovereign right to choose their own path”, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated during the joint meeting of the United States Congress in Washington on Wednesday.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg hopes Georgia can soon be welcomed into NATO, and praises the progress achieved by the country. He also urges Russia to withdraw its forces from Georgian territories.
The North Atlantic Council (NAC), a principal political decision-making body of NATO, held a meeting with Georgian and Ukrainian officials in Brussels. Regional security issues, along with Russia’s recent activities against Ukraine in the Sea of Azov, were key issues on the agenda of yesterday’s meeting, the Georgian Foreign Ministry reported.
NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller says that Georgia is a model and the country should maintain its pace to become a member of the alliance.
The North Atlantic Council (NAC), which is the principal political decision-making body of NATO, is scheduled to hold its fifth meeting in Georgia on October 3-4 in Georgia's coastal city of Batumi.
The United States Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison spoke with Georgian reporters today about the key role that the partnership between Georgia and NATO plays in maintaining regional security.