Georgian Foreign Minister: “2017 will be very active in NATO-Georgia relations”
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Georgia’s Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze says that 2017 will be a productive year for NATO-Georgia relations.
Janelidze said that Tbilisi has been doing its best to remain committed to the NATO agenda.
"Georgia has the deepest and most comprehensive partnership with NATO as it is an aspirant country”, Janelidze said.
The Georgian top diplomat said that only one month into the new year, already two meetings of the NATO-Georgia commission have taken place in 2017.
He added that a Meeting of NATO Defence Ministers will take place this year, during which time Georgia will be represented by Minister Levan Izoria. The meeting will also be attended by the new United States Secretary of Defence.
Janelidze said a NATO parliamentary assembly will also be held in Georgia this year and a number of bilateral meetings will take place between NATO and high-ranking Georgian officials.
Foreign diplomats accredited to Georgia are supporting the reforms being carried out at the Defence Ministry.
Georgia’s State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Viktor Dolidze met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels today.
Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili is optimistic of the country's future with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and says there have been several examples in history when countries with occupied territories and disputed borders were accepted into the alliance.
During a joint press conference following the meeting Stoltenberg stressed NATO strongly supported Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and valued Georgia’s commitments to the Alliance and international security.
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Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze met with US President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, yesterday during his two-day official state visit to the US.
NATO defence ministers and high-ranking Georgian officials are preparing for a NATO-Georgia Commission meeting scheduled for tomorrow in Brussels.
Georgian Defence Minister Levan Izoria met with his Romanian and Lithuanian counterparts ahead of the NATO-Georgia Commission meeting scheduled for later today.
A meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission on the ministerial defense level has just come to a conclusion in Brussels, where Georgia’s security situation was reviewed and discussed at length.
Chairperson of NATO Military Committee Petr Pavel said the alliance wants to assist Georgia in establishing "effective and sustainable armed forces”.
21 military staff from NATO-member and partner states are receiving training in Georgia’s winter resort of Bakuriani today.
The Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze has summarised the activities carried out by the ministry from April-June.
Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze is paying a working visit to Germany. Within his visit on August 25-27 Janelidze will meet with the representatives of government and business circles.
Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze will visit Brussels, Belgium on December 4-5 where he will participate in the NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting where he will meet NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and United States (US) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson as well as foreign ministers of other NATO member states
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has made a statement ahead of the Alliance's foreign ministerial, in which he declared the NATO-Georgia partnership is outstanding.
NATO Foreign Ministers have reaffirmed their practical and political support for Georgia, as well as their commitment to Georgia’s eventual membership in the alliance, the NATO official webpage reads commenting on the alliance’s foreign ministerial in Brussels.NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has also expressed gratitude for Georgia’s "many contributions” to Euro-Atlantic security.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that Georgia is paying close attention to the rule of law and to building of democratic institutions.The statement came within the NATO foreign ministerial in Brussels today, during Stoltenberg’s meeting with Georgia’ Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze. Stoltenberg told Janelidze that the partnership with Georgia is of the "highest importance” for NATO.
In 2018, NATO will assess the progress of states aspiring to become a member of the organization, including Georgia, James Appathurai NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia said adding that NATO will continue working on bringing aspiring countries further into the fold of the alliance.
Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze met with the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and attended the NATO-Georgia Commission meeting in Brussels, Belgium.Minister Janelidze thanked Stoltenberg for NATO’s support towards Georgia and hoped that the positive dynamics of NATO-Georgia cooperation will be further preserved.
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