NATO Gen-Sec Jens Stoltenberg to visit Georgia next year
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has stated that the visit of the NATO Secretary General will further enhance bilateral ties. Photo: European Pressphoto Agency.
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Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has stated that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will visit Georgia in 2019.
Zalkaliani stated that NATO-Georgia had a very successful 2018 which was crowned with a special format meeting with Georgian and Ukrainian representatives.
NATO has adopted an unprecedented declaration this year and the last ministerial was also very successful, where we have summarized achievements and set future goals,” Zalkaliani stated.
We are waiting for more NATO in Georgia next year. We are waiting for NATO-Georgia large-scale drills, the visit of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and other important events,” Zalkaliani stated.
During his visit to Georgia last week NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai also stated that the Georgian people will see “more NATO in Georgia” next year.
Responding to a question on NATO-Georgia relations and drills for Komsomoskvaia Pravda radio Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov once again criticized NATO-Georgia cooperation and stated that Russia “will not allow aggression against its partners Abkhazia and South Ossetia,” referring to the two Georgian regions which are currently occupied by Russia.
Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai has stated in Tbilisi that the Georgian people will see “more NATO in Georgia” next year.
The North Atlantic Council (NAC), a principal political decision-making body of NATO, held a meeting with Georgian and Ukrainian officials in Brussels. Regional security issues, along with Russia’s recent activities against Ukraine in the Sea of Azov, were key issues on the agenda of yesterday’s meeting, the Georgian Foreign Ministry reported.
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 Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani told lawmakers today that all the expectations of the government of Georgia have been met during the NATO summit over the past two days.
For the first time Georgia will take full responsibility for the planning and the execution of the NATO-Georgia joint military exercise which will be held in March near Tbilisi with the participation of 22 NATO member states and allies, Georgian Defence Minister Levan Izoria told journalists today.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that North Macedonia’s accession into NATO means that the alliance door remains open to countries that meet the alliance’s standards and which adhere to NATO values of democracy.
Georgian Defence Minister Levan Izoria is taking part in the NATO two-day foreign minister in Brussels, assembled to discuss pressing security issues, including Russia’s violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and to review NATO peace missions.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that Georgian issues are always raised when he meets with Russian officials, Stoltenberg told Georgian media outlet 1TV.