Georgia, Ukraine National Guards agree on cooperation
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The Georgian and Ukrainian National Guards have agreed on cooperation, Ukrainian officials say.
Through this cooperation, the sides will exchange experiences, stated the website of the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU).
Commander of the Georgian National Guard Brigadier General Levan Gamkrelidze met with his Ukrainian counterpart Lieutenant-General Nikolai Balan at the NGU headquarters in Ukraine yesterday.
Balan briefed Gamkrelidze with the NGU objectives, outlined important issues and expressed the need for bilateral cooperation and exchange of experience between the two countries.
"Both sides agreed to start bilateral cooperation and exchange of experience," the NGU statement read.
"The Georgian people stand by the Ukrainian people” – this was the main message from Georgia’s Parliament Speaker to his Ukrainian counterpart during their meeting in Kiev on Monday.
Colonel Irakli Chumburidze, who has served in international peacekeeping missions, fought for Georgia’s territorial integrity and chaired J-2 Intelligence Department of the General Staff of Georgia, has been appointed as the new head of the country’s National Guard.
Georgia has hosted the first trilateral meeting of the Georgia-Turkey-Azerbaijan heads of the general staff of the ministries of defence of these countries.