Georgia’s Defence Minister meets NATO Secretary General
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Georgia’s Defence Minister Tinatin Khidasheli is set to meet Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels today.
The meeting was announced on the NATO official website, which also stated there will be no media opportunity after today’s meeting.
This will be Khidasheli’s first visit to the NATO headquarters as Defence Minister.
Khidasheli, Georgia’s first female Defence Minister, was appointed to the role in the beginning of May.
Georgia is an aspirant country for NATO membership. It actively contributes to NATO-led operations and cooperates with Allies and other partner countries in many other areas.
At the Bucharest Summit in April 2008, allied heads of state and governments agreed Georgia will become a member of NATO. This decision was subsequently reconfirmed at successive NATO Summits in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2014.
Georgia could soon have its first female Minister of Defence. The country’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili this morning nominated current MP Tinatin Khidasheli to this position.
Georgia is today marking five years’ service of the Georgian Armed Forces (GAF) in an international NATO-led mission in Afghanistan.
Georgia’s Minister of Defence Tinatin Khidasheli is today congratulating Georgian and its people on Independence Day from Afghanistan, where she is currently holding meetings on her first official visit.
More than a hundred Georgian peacekeepers serving in a NATO-led mission in Afghanistan have returned home safely.
More than two hundred Georgian peacekeepers serving in a NATO-led mission in Afghanistan have returned home safely.
The mission of Georgian Armed Forces in Afghanistan is changing. From the beginning of next year, the number of Georgian troops serving in Afghanistan will drop and those who remained will no longer take part in combat operations but embark on a new mission to train Afghan security forces.
Three Georgian soldiers serving in a peacekeeping mission in the Afghan province of Parwan were injured in a suicide bomb attack.
The contribution of a Georgian military brigade to an international peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan is being recognised by international military officials.
Georgia is asking NATO to offer the country a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the Warsaw Summit planned for July 2016.
Chiefs of Defence of NATO member countries and its partner nations are gathering today in Tbilisi, Georgia to share their perspectives on strategic issues of common interest.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO) top official is looking at his calendar and deciding on a date to come to Georgia for the first time.
Georgia’s capital city is hosting an international NATO conference where Alliance members and partner countries can share their perspective on strategic issues of common interest.
The Minister of Defence of Georgia has started a two-day official visit to the capital of Belgium, where she is meeting European Union (EU) high officials and attending her first NATO defence ministerial.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) claims it remains committed to its open-door policy and is encouraging its partners to continue implementing necessary reforms to prepare for Alliance membership.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia is welcoming a decision by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) to affirm its ‘open door’ policy is available to aspirant countries.