Georgia and Norway sign defence cooperation agreement

Georgian and Norwegian Defence Ministers sign a plan of bilateral cooperation for 2017. Photo: MOD of Georgia

Agenda.ge, 03 Apr 2017 - 14:08, Tbilisi,Georgia

Norwegian Defence Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide is in Tbilisi today for her first official visit to Georgia.

Georgian Defence Minister Levan Izoria hosted Soreide, and the pair signed a plan of bilateral cooperation for 2017.

Minister of Defence of Norway is in #GeorgiaBilateral Cooperation,Baltic-Nordic+Georgia forum & other important issues to be discussed pic.twitter.com/dK7u8sKEQd
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According to the document, Georgia and Norway will intensify their defence cooperation, which they launched five years ago.

The priorities of this cooperation will be:

Supporting the National Guard
Collaborating on defence education
Organising joint military trainings

Ine Eriksen Soreide laying a wreath at the Fallen Heroes Memorial in Tbilisi. Photo: MOD of Georgia

While in Georgia, Soreide is scheduled to meet Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and visit the NATO-Georgia joint training centre in Tbilisi later today.