Georgia receives 15 brand new vehicles from NATO
Rosaria Puglisi, Head of NATO Liaison Office, speaks at the Joint Training and Evaluation Center when 15 new vehicles were delivered through the NATO Defence Capacity Building Trust Fund. Photo: NATO in Georgia/Facebook
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The NATO-Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Center (JTEC) has received 15 brand new vehicles through the NATO Defence Capacity Building Trust Fund.
The training support vehicles will enhance the mobility of Georgian and NATO military colleagues at the JTEC, and the capability to deliver the best military training and exercise opportunities in the region”, the NATO Liaison Office in Georgia wrote on its Facebook page.
Georgia has received the vehicles with contributions from NATO Allies Norway, United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey, Denmark, Italy, Portugal and Lithuania.
Work continues to ensure the delivery of the second batch of training vehicles for JTEC in 2020. By then, a total of €1.2 million will have been spent on this project”, the NATO Liaison Office announced.
#Polish Ambassador M. Maszkiewicz as Head of #NATO Contact Point Embassy took part in official ceremony of handing over new vehicles for NATO-Georgia Joint Training & Evaluation Center #JTEC. Cars were bought within financial contribition of NATO member states.#StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/XLYZwN7jgR
— PLinGEORGIA (@PLinGEORGIA) October 17, 2019
NATO Liaison Office (NLO) Georgia represents NATO in the country. It facilitates political and military dialogue and practical cooperation under the NATO-Georgia Commission in support of Georgia’s efforts to join NATO.
It also serves to enhance civil and military cooperation between NATO and the Government of Georgia in support of the Euro-Atlantic integration goals described in the Annual National Plan (ANP).
Georgia’s Black Sea port of Poti is hosting a group of military vessels of NATO member states, as the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 is set to hold sea manoeuvres with their Georgian counterparts this week.
HNLMS Evertsen of the Royal Netherlands Navy, TCG Yildirim of the Turkish Navy, BGS Drazki of the Bulgarian Navy and ROS Regele Ferdinand of the Romanian Naval Forces are part of the group led by Commodore Boudewijn Boots.
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 NATO-Georgia Exercise 2019 has started today at the NATO-Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Center (JTEC), National Training Center Krtsanisi, near Tbilisi, Georgia. The exercise is comprised of 21 allied nations and three NATO partner nations, including Georgia as the host nation.
President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Madeleine Moon, who is on official visit to Georgia, says that cooperation with Georgia is of high importance for the assembly she chairs. She vowed to broadly speak about Georgia’s progress towards NATO during the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in October.
Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and his counterparts from the NATO member and partner states yesterday. Garibashvili joined the NATO Defence Ministerial at the NATO Headquarters held in Brussels on October 24-25.
Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Garibashvili will attend NATO defence ministerial in Brussels on February 12-13 and will meet with NATO top figures to further strengthen cooperation between Georgia and the alliance, Georgian Defence Ministry press office reported earlier today.
Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Deputy Mircea Geoana at the NATO Defence Ministerial in Brussels earlier today. Garibashvili thanked NATO officials for their unwavering support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity as well as its Euro-Atlantic aspirations.
The United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Proliferation Prevention Program has donated six troop carriers, two 6,000 liter fuel trucks and seven Suzuki off-road vehicles to the Georgian Border Police ‘to increase mobility to remote border sectors’.
The Georgian Defence Ministry has received the last five of 20 vehicles from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency which will be used at the NATO-Georgian Joint Training and Evaluation Centre. Georgia received the first batch of vehicles in 2019.
Georgian police have received 225 new cars to update their fleet. The interior ministry reported earlier today that the new cars will be given to police divisions in Tbilisi and the regions, as well as to departments of the patrol police.