Georgian peacekeepers in Afghanistan receive letters from children
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Georgian children from the capital of Tbilisi and other towns in Georgia sent letters of support to soldiers serving in Afghanistan.
Young students from the public schools of Tbilisi, Poti, Mestia, Marneuli and Kutaisi wished the Georgian peacekeepers a safe return to their homeland.
The joint project of the Georgian ministries aims at encouraging and supporting the Georgian peacekeepers. Photo by the Georgian Defence Ministry
‘A Letter to a Soldier’ is a joint project of the Georgian Defense, Justice and Education ministries that is being carried out from 2012.
The project aims at encouraging and supporting the peacekeepers serving away from their homeland.
The soldiers participating in the Afghan mission thanked the kids in the letters that will be delivered back to Georgia. Photo by the Georgian Defence Ministry
The 23rd Battalion of II Infantry Brigade of the Georgian Armed Forces serves in the Resolute Support multinational mission in Afghanistan.
Before their send-off to Afghanistan the 23rd Battalion troops underwent mission preparation in Georgia and a final exercise at US Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Centre in Hohenfels, Germany.
Georgian peacekeepers wrote back to the kids in the letters that will be delivered back to Georgia. Photo by the Georgian Defence Ministry
The Resolute Support mission launched in early 2015 as a follow-on task from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission, which also saw participation of Georgian troops.
Georgia is currently the largest, non-NATO contributor to NATO Resolute Support mission with 885 troops.
A new group of Georgian troops has departed to serve in the international peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan following a formal ceremony involving officials and diplomats in Georgia’s west earlier today.
Top US commander in Afghanistan Army General John Nicholson thanked Georgia’s contribution to military efforts in Afghanistan yesterday as a non-NATO member state.
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The spring session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) has officially kicked off in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi today. This is the first time Georgia is hosting a NATO PA session.
Georgian soldiers serving in an international peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan have sent heartfelt letters to Georgian students of several Tbilisi and Kutaisi schools.
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Georgia’s newly appointed Minister of Defense Irakli Garibashvili has announced he will visit Afghanistan to meet with Georgian peacekeepers and learn about their everyday life. Gharibashvili made an online address with Georgian peacekeepers deployed on the Afghan and African continents and pledged his support to them at the military command centre.
Five Georgian soldiers have received minor injuries after terrorists attacked the Bagram airfield in Afghanistan, Georgian Defence Ministry has reported earlier today. The ministry says that Georgian soldiers from the 12th battalion - Gocha Muradashvili, Soso Kvinikadze, Roman Giunashvili, Ilia Takadze and David Bakhurauli have received minor injuries and there was no need of their taking to hospital.
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Georgian soldiers from the III infantry brigade have been recognized for their service in Nato’s Resolute Support mission in northern Afghanistan, receiving awards for exemplary service from the Multinational Battalion commander and Lieutenant Colonel Wolfgang Schroeder.