NATO releases special video: ‘Strengthening Georgia’s Defence’
Tweet 
Share
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has released a special video on its webpage about the Alliance’s growing cooperation with Georgia and of Georgia’s important role in international peacekeeping missions.
The video, titled Strengthening Georgia’s Defence was aired yesterday and highlighted Georgia’s unwavering commitment to integrate into the Euro-Atlantic space. The video stressed the importance of the partnership between Georgia and NATO.
See the video below.
Georgians have been fighting and dying with coalition forces for years now in Iraq and Afghanistan and they have made a very clear commitment to move closer to NATO and towards Euro-Atlantic integration, and I think the very least we can do is to help them in this decision,” said Yash Holbrook, deputy head of the NATO core team.
The video stressed with two sovereign territories under foreign occupation and an increasing threat from the south, the security situation in Georgia and the region as a whole, was unstable.
The video stated Georgia might not become a NATO member in the near future but the Alliance had and would continue to invest
heavily to improve Georgia’s self defence capabilities. The video went on to talk about the NATO-Georgia Substantial Package of support, which contained 13 projects designed to improve Georgia’s defences.
Some tackle areas such as cyber defence and strategic communications, while others [focus on] the Defence Institution Building School and provides development training within the security sector. But in terms of practical skills on the battlefield, the Joint Training and Evaluation Centre, or JTEC, is perhaps the most tangible,” the video said.
Georgian military officials and the country’s Defence Minister Tinatin Khidasheli were depicted in the video, and all of whom stressed the importance of international support for Georgia to become a part of NATO and other Euro-Atlantic structures.
Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg says Georgia is one of NATO’s closest partners and the Alliance is ready to offer continued support for the country.
Alliance’s door is open to Georgia
Georgia’s relationship with NATO was highlighted in the report, published by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg,and special mention was made of NATO’s deepening cooperation with its members and partners to build global stability.
Stoltenberg: “It was an excellent meeting with Georgia’s PM"
Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg have enjoyed a face-to-face meeting and discussed Georgia’s integration process into NATO in Davos, Switzerland.
A second Georgian military unit has moved one step closer to becoming part of an elite NATO rapid reaction force, tasked to respond to security threats to the Alliance’s member states at a moment’s notice.
A special YouTube report by Jeff Holden from NATOchannel.tv outlined the mission and detailed the importance of Georgia’s contribution to NATO missions, despite it not being a member nation.
A group of military experts from Lithuania have arrived in Tbilisi to share their experience of military training and evaluation with their Georgian counterparts.
Georgia’s Minister of Defence Tinatin Khidasheli says Georgia’s relations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has moved to a new, higher level of cooperation that allowed for even deeper bilateral ties in the future between Georgia and the 28-member of the Alliance.
NATO is celebrating its growing ties with Georgia by posting a video showing units from the allied forces participate in training exercises alongside Georgian soldiers.
Germany’s top official to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) says his country will allocate half a million Euros to Georgia so it can build a specialist defence school that will offer professional development programmes and quality training to support institutional reforms and good governance of the security sector.
NATO-Georgia's Joint Training and Evaluation Centre (JTEC) hosted a visit by the alliance's Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller earlier today, as the NATO Parliamentary Assembly prepares to wind down in capital Tbilisi.