NATO peace mission defence ministers meet to discuss regional challenges
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Defence ministers of the Train Advise Assist Command – North, which provides assistance to Afghan national defence in the frame of the NATO Resolute Support Mission (RSM), have met in Brussels to discuss regional challenges and make plans for future peace activities.
The defence ministerial was organized by Germany’s Defence minister.
The defence ministers spoke about the military-political situation in the northern region of Afghanistan.
Georgia’s Defence Minister Levan Izoria highlighted that Georgia remains faithful to its NATO obligations and continues to participate in the Alliance’s peacekeeping missions.
Ministers attending the event praised Georgian soldiers’ professionalism and their efforts to defend the German consulate in Afghanistan from an attack last year.
Georgia provides 885 soldiers for Resolute Support Mission.
- TAAC-North focuses on training, advising and assisting Afghan National Defense and Security Forces development in several key areas.
- Contributing nations of the North mission are: Albania, Austria, Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Luxembourg, *Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, United States of America .
Georgian troops will continue to serve in Afghanistan in a NATO-led peacekeeping mission after 2017.
A plane carrying the body of Georgian soldier Vasil Kuljanishvili has touched down on Georgian soil. Kuljanishvili’s body was met by members of his family and several officials at Tbilisi International Airport this afternoon.
Georgian Defence Minister Levan Izoria has pledged further support for NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan.
Georgia’s Minister of Defence Levan Izoria, who is now paying an official visit in Germany, has stressed Georgia is firm in its position to contribute to international peace and security through active participation in foreign missions in the future.
Georgia is celebrating the homecoming of its soldiers from a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan after the completion of a seven-month tour. Another unit of the Georgian Armed Forces has successfully ended their deployment within the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan.