NATO Deputy Sec-Gen: The path you are on will take Georgia towards NATO membership
NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller met Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Dondua in Tbilisi today. Photo: 1TV.
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NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller, currently visiting Georgia, says Georgia has shown progress in economic, security and defence issues and that these and other successful reforms will lead the country towards NATO membership.
She said that the alliance will support Georgia in preparing for membership.
Gottemoeller praised Georgia’s role in international peace and security.
Georgia is one of the biggest contributors to NATO training operations in Afghanistan, supporting the county to achieve stability,” Gottemoeller stated.
She said that she was gladden by her participation in the NATO-Georgia Commission meeting in Brussels in September, which, for the first time, was held with the presence of heads of states and presidents.
I am happy to announce that we plan a NATO-Georgia Commission meeting on 3 October with the participation of defence ministers. This indicates the level of relations NATO and Georgia have,” she stated.
Gottemoeller said that Georgia has played a central role over the course of past 10 years in enhancing the NATO-Georgia dialogue and deepening practical cooperation.
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.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has welcomed Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze to NATO Headquarters today reiterating the alliance’s support for Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations at a joint briefing.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin told Fox News on Monday that Russia would react "extremely negatively” to the membership of Georgia and Ukraine in NATO.
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.
NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller says that Georgia is a model and the country should maintain its pace to become a member of the alliance.