Georgian platoon returns from EU Central African training mission
Under the command of Captain Amiran Bichashvili, the platoon provided convoys and escorts, as well as base security and motorised patrolling at the Mpoko military base in Bangui, the capital of the Republic, and was replaced by another Georgian unit in the mission. Photo: The Georgian defence ministry.
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A platoon of the National Guard of Georgia has returned from its six-month deployment in the European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic, the Georgian defence ministry said on Wednesday.
Brigadier General Roman Jokhadze and members of the National Guard welcomed the servicemembers on their arrival at the Tbilisi international airport late on Tuesday.
Under the command of Captain Amiran Bichashvili, the platoon provided convoys and escorts, as well as base security and motorised patrolling at the Mpoko military base in Bangui, the capital of the Republic, and was replaced by another Georgian unit in the mission.
The Georgian military contingent has been participating in the EU's new military training mission in the Central African Republic since 2017.
A Georgian platoon has returned from its six-month service within the European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic, the Ministry of Defence of Georgia said on Wednesday.
A platoon of the National Guard of Georgia has departed for their rotation in the ongoing European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic, the Georgian defence ministry announced on Tuesday.
A Georgian platoon from the country’s National Army has left for Central Africa to participate in the EU Military training mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA).
Parliament’s Defence and Security Committee today discussed the President’s decree about sending a Georgian platoon to participate in a European Union (EU) peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic and Mali.