Georgia asks for NATO Membership Action Plan at Warsaw Summit
Tweet 
Share
Georgia is asking NATO to offer the country a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the Warsaw Summit planned for July 2016.
Meanwhile, the NATO Secretary General will come to Georgia sometime this year and will presumably open the NATO-Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Centre during his trip.
These were the main topics discussed at a meeting between Georgia’s Minister of Defence Tinatin Khidasheli and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels yesterday.
"The Warsaw Summit was the main topic of discussion not only at this particular meeting but it will be the main topic at every meeting I will hold from today until July 9, 2016,” Khidasheli said.
"Our position is known to everyone – we are asking for the NATO-Georgia relationship to move to an essentially new stage.”
Another topic heavily discussed at yesterday’s meeting was establishment of the NATO-Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Centre.
Afterwards Minister Khidasheli said the location of the Centre had already been chosen by the Georgian side and now the country was waiting for NATO’s approval.
"We are waiting for their answer, after which works will start,” Khidasheli said.
"We received a promise from the Secretary General that he will come to Georgia this year and maybe we will symbolically open the training centre during his visit. But it’s just a plan so far.”
Implementation of the NATO-Georgia Substantial Package was also discussed at the meeting.
This was Khidasheli’s first visit to the NATO headquarters as Georgia’s Minister of Defence.
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’s Defence Minister Tinatin Khidasheli is set to meet Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels today.
A NATO assessment team involved in the establishment of the new NATO-Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Centre has finished its first visit to Georgia.
NATO may hold military exercises in Georgia and establish a military training centre in the country, see more Georgian participation in NATO exercises and possibly expand the local NATO liaison office - a top NATO official said.
NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow believes all tools are in place for Georgia to move forward with its desire to integrate into Euro-Atlantic structures.
Georgia is today marking five years’ service of the Georgian Armed Forces (GAF) in an international NATO-led mission in Afghanistan.
Alongside with 17 countries Georgian soldiers are participating in United States-led NATO naval exercise at the Baltic Sea.
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.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is coming to Georgia next month and while here he will open the NATO-Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Centre.
Georgia's Minister of Defence Tinatin Khidasheli says compulsory military service in Georgia might be abolished from next year.
A high-ranking official from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has commended Georgia for its "considerable” reforms.
Georgia’s Defence Minister Tinatin Khidasheli will live on a military base alongside the country’s servicemen for a week so she can learn what life is like for Georgian soldiers.
The top official of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is coming to Georgia. On August 26-27, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will pay his first official visit to Georgia. Today Georgia’s Foreign Ministry released information of Stoltenberg’s upcoming visit, including his agenda.
The top official of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is coming to Georgia today but according to his agenda the main activities of the visit are planned for tomorrow, August 27.
Georgia is a "strong and reliable contributor to the shared security” so "NATO counts on Georgia and Georgia can count on NATO.”
The Substantial NATO-Georgia Package that was offered to the country last year is beginning to deliver tangible results, as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg inaugurated the new Training Centre during his first visit to Tbilisi today.
Georgia’s ambitions for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) membership and Russia’s aggressive activities on Georgian soil were high on the agenda of Georgia’s Defence Minister during her official visit to Canada.
Permanent representatives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) have commended Georgia on the reforms carried out in 2015 and its efforts to improve in a range of areas to meet top, international standards.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibahsvili believes Georgia has fulfilled all obligations leading towards further integration with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and now it was time to patiently wait for next year’s NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland.
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.
Defence Minister candidate Tinatin Khidasheli stated yesterday that all Georgian soldiers should have a right to vote and they must not be restricted to fulfill the fundamental right.