New modern guard building opens on the Turkey-Georgia border
The building is equipped with working rooms, dorms, kitchens and restrooms for the guards. Photo: The Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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The Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri and the Charge d'Affaires of the US Embassy to Georgia Elizabeth Rood have opened a new guard building at the Khriani border sector of Akhaltsikhe Regional Division of the land border protection department of the Border Police.
The building is equipped with working rooms, dorms, kitchens and restrooms for the guards.
Representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, US Embassy of Georgia and the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) attended the opening ceremony.
The construction was funded by the DTRA. Photo: The Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Vakhtang Gomelauri expressed his gratitude to Elizabeth Rood for the invaluable contribution that the US government has been making to develop the Georgian Border Police and thanked border guards themselves.
Vakhtang Gomelauri and Elizabeth Rood @usingeo Charge d’Affaires inaugurated new building of Border Sector “Khriani” of Akhaltsikhe Border Police Division. Minister expressed his gratitude to US #DTRA for the support in developing Border Police of Georgiahttps://t.co/kCiFvln6As pic.twitter.com/kKAhDSEf5C
— MIA of Georgia (@MIAofGeorgia) October 2, 2019
Border management is of great importance. Since 2013, we have started the construction of new guard buildings. Several dozens of border buildings have been built so far. The support of the US has been very important.”
The Minister of Internal Affairs mentioned that there are harsh climatic conditions at almost every border crossing and the ministry will do its best to build additional buildings for the guards.
It is a great honor for me to open this guard building here at Khriani together with Minister Gomelauri. We have long standing cooperation with the border police and are proud of accomplishing ninejoint projects through the DTRA of the US Government. This partnership is very good not only for strengthening the territorial integrity of Georgia, but also for making a big contribution to global and regional security”, said Elizabeth Rood at the opening ceremony.
The facility was built within the framework of the infrastructural renovation project of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and will serve an 18-kilometer section of the Georgian-Turkish border.
The construction was funded by the DTRA.
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