Georgia shares its military experience with Moldova

Georgia has offered to share its military experience with Moldova; and Moldova has grasped this opportunity with both hands and will send its military services to train at the country’s new NATO Joint Training and Evaluation Centre.

Today Georgia’s Minister of Defence Tinatin Khidasheli hosted her Moldovan counterpart Anatol Salaru, who is on an official visit to Georgia. Two officials met this morning at Georgia’s Ministry of Defence.

There is an occupation problem in Georgia as well as in Moldova. Both countries fight to strengthen their European choice. Georgia is ready to share its military experience with Moldova,” said Khidasheli.

Various security issues and challenges were discussed during the meeting, and possible opportunities to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the field of defence were shared by the two officials. Moreover, Khidasheli offered Moldovan soldiers to take part in trainings at the Sachkhere Mountain Training School.

One of the main topics of the meeting was Georgia and Moldova’s integration into Euro-Atlantic structures. Khidasheli emphasized it was the Georgian Government’s priority to implement all the elements of the NATO-Georgia Substantial Package as this would strengthen Georgia’s defence capabilities.

Salaru said Moldova would learn a lot from Georgia and it’s vast experience serving in NATO missions.

Our countries are aspiring for membership in the Euro–Atlantic family. To achieve this goal both countries need to have strong defence and military institutions. We can learn much from Georgia as you are one step ahead in the direction of cooperation with NATO,” said Salaru.

Khidasheli thanked her Moldovan counterpart for supporting Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. After the meeting Salaru officially invited Khidasheli to Moldova.