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Defence minister announces monthly salary supplements for wounded, injured soldiers

The wounded and injured soldiers are scheduled to receive the supplement starting from next year. Photo: Defence Ministry press office.

Agenda.ge, 20 Dec 2019 - 13:36, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Garibashvili has stated that starting from January 2020 wounded or injured Georgian soldiers will receive monthly salary supplements between 200-800 GEL [$69-274] based on their physical condition.

Caring about our soldiers, who sacrifice their health and life to our welfare, is our obligation,” Garibashvili has stated earlier today.

A couple of days ago Garibashvili stated that the government is going to build a 'military town' on Makhata Mountain in central Tbilisi where military personnel will be offered affordable housing.

Georgian troops return from Central African mission

05 Mar 2019

A group of Georgian service members returned from their six-month duty within the European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic today after being relieved by a replacement unit in Bangui.

National Guard unit departs for EU Central African Republic mission

28 Feb 2019

A platoon of the National Guard of Georgia departed for their rotation in an ongoing European Union training mission in the Central African Republic today.

Georgia to offer affordable housing for servicemembers

17 Dec 2019

Georgia is going to build a 'military town' on Makhata Mountain in central Tbilisi where servicemembers will be offered affordable housing, announced Minister of Defence Irakli Gharibashvili earlier today.

Georgian platoon leaves for EU‘s Central African Republic mission

24 Aug 2019

A platoon of the National Guard of Georgia departed for their rotation in an ongoing European Union training mission in the Central African Republic. In a fourth wave of rotational deployment for platoon-sized units from Georgia, the service members received a formal send-off ceremony involving armed forces commanders and families of the troops.

Gov’t opens 1st ever rehabilitation centre for wounded soldiers with US support

27 Jan 2020

The Georgian government has opened the first ever, modern rehabilitation centre for wounded soldiers in the country with about 4.5 million USD in support from the US. "A state which has 20 per cent of its territories occupied [by Russia] is obliged to care about its soldiers,”Gakharia said, thanking the US for the financial aid, stating that the Georgian government spent one million GEL on the project.

Defence minister stresses gov’t policy over occupied territories “peaceful”, dismisses opposition claims on armed forces conditions

16 Sep 2022

Georgian defence minister Juansher Burchuladze on Thursday said the policy of the ruling Georgian Dream authorities over the Russian-occupied regions of the country was “solely peaceful” and restoration of territorial integrity possible “only peacefully”, while also dismissing allegations of the domestic political opposition on poor conditions in the army as “disinformation and fake”.