Georgia, Estonia sign deal to cooperate in military reform
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The Georgian and Estonian defence ministers have signed a cooperation plan which envisages Estonia. support for Georgia to reform its special operation forces.
The agreement came after the Estonian Defence Minister Juri Luik’s visit to Georgia.
Luik praised Georgian reforms in the military field and vowed political and practical support for Georgia.
The Estonia official stated that his country and Georgia had a similar defence model in terms of professional and reserve military service.
Izoria thanked Estonia for his country’s support for Georgia’s territorial integrity and NATO integration.
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Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili will host Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid at an official welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace, which will be followed by a meeting between the two Presidents tomorrow.
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Estonia Defence Minister Juri Luik, who is paying an official visit to Georgia, has vowed his country’s strong support for Georgia’s territorial integrity.
The Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid told her Georgian counterpart Giorgi Margvelashvili in Tallinn today that Georgia can be proud of its achievements and that the country deserves more than just kind and encouraging words.
President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili held a phone conversation with her Estonian counterpart President Kersti Kaljulaid yesterday. Zurabishvili, who was the initiator of the call, thanked Kaljulaid for raising the issue of Georgia at her recent meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.