Georgian Minister of Defence Irakli Garibashvili to visit Georgian peacekeepers in Afghanistan
As Irakli Garibashvili promised, he will do his best to improve the social conditions of the military. Photo: Ministry of Defense
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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.
As Minister Garibashvili promised, he will do his best to improve the social conditions of the military and enable them to serve their country in a better environment.
Irakli Garibashvili emphasized the contribution of Georgian peacekeepers in ensuring international security.
Commander of the Georgian Defense Forces Senior Lieutenant Vladimer Chachibaia also welcomed the Georgian peacekeepers and thanked the Defense Minister for his support at the military command centre.
Currently, units of the Georgian defense forces are participating in NATO’S Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan and two countries on the African continent.
The Georgian contingent is deployed in three NATO’S Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, while EU-led missions are deployed in the Central African Republic and Mali.
Garibashvili, who resigned in December 2015, returned to politics as the political secretary of the Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party in March 2019.
After the parliament approved the new cabinet, former PM Irakli Garibashvili took the post of defense minister in September 2019.
Georgian children from the capital of Tbilisi and other towns in Georgia sent letters of support to soldiers serving in Afghanistan.
Georgian Defence Minister Levan Izoria has pledged further support for NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan.
“We’re champions in fighting for world peace”
Georgia’s newly appointed Minister of Defence Levan Izoria has travelled to Afghanistan for his first official international trip to meet local officials and visit Georgian soldiers who are on a peacekeeping and security mission serving alongside NATO and EU troops.
High ranking Georgian officials have confirmed Georgia will contribute to a mission in the Central African Republic.
Brigadier General Nikoloz Janjgava, who serves as First Deputy Chief of Georgian Defence Forces, will become the first Georgian to work as Deputy Chief of Staff for Security Assistance in NATO's Resolute Support peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan.
Georgian Defence MInister Irakli Garibashvili will attend the meetings of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Defence Ministers at the NATO Headquarters, which is held in Brussels on October 24-25. He will also meet with the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, as well as his counterparts from Finland, Poland, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and his counterparts from the NATO member and partner states yesterday. Garibashvili joined the NATO Defence Ministerial at the NATO Headquarters held in Brussels on October 24-25.
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.
US Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan has attended the certification exercise for the Georgia Deployment Program – Resolute Support Mission (GDP-RSM), conducted by Georgian and American troops, where she stated that Georgia is not only committed to supporting NATO, but that it can train and certify its own defence units for these missions.