US reaffirms its support to Georgia’s aspirations towards NATO membership ahead of the summit
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The US is going to support Georgia’s and Ukraine’s aspirations towards NATO membership at the upcoming summit in brussels planned for July 11-12.
"We will discuss the open door policy at the summit and start negotiations with Macedonia about membership. We will also support aspirations of Georgia and Ukraine towards NATO membership,” United States Permanent Representative to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison said yesterday adding that the alliance is going to once again confirm its support to open door policy.
The Georgian government expects that the progress made by the country so far will be properly recognised at the summit in Brussels and further tools provided for advancement on the way towards membership.
Georgian officials expect Germany will positively assess Georgia’s progress on its way towards NATO integration at the organisation’s upcoming summit to be held in Brussels on July 11-12.
Forty-nine Georgian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have addressed NATO before its Brussels Summit on July 11 to express genuine support for Georgia during the annual meeting.
Georgia is one of the most active partners of NATO, Rosaria Puglisi NATO Liaison Officer in Georgia told journalists today while attending a presentation of a policy paper about NATO-Georgia relations by the ISFED and EPC.
The Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani will hold his first official meeting in the post with his German counterpart Heiko Maas. Zalkaliani stated today that the meeting will concern bilateral relations and regional challenges, as well as Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations.
Georgian Defence Minister Levan Izoria and Chief of General Staff Vladimer Chachibaia have met the Commander of the US Forces in Afghanistan and the Resolute Support Mission John Nicholson to discuss the cooperation between US and Georgia in the field of defence.
President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili addressed the head of the government, members of the cabinet, the parliamentary speaker and the Chief of General Staff at a security council meeting last night.
The Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and the Georgian delegation have left today for Brussels, Belgium, where they will attend the NATO summit on July 11-12.Margvelashvili travelled to Brussels from Turkey, where he had participated in the inauguration ceremony of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The NATO Brussels Summit today and yesterday condemned Russia’s illegal actions on the Georgian territory and vowed that the alliance will continue to work with the government of Georgia to prepare the country for the NATO membership.
Maria Zakharova, head of the press office of the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated today that NATO-Georgia drills nourish a militarist mood, referring to the Noble Partner multinational exercise being conducted near Tbilisi.