Chief of Georgian Defence Forces talks joint packages with NATO chiefs
Major General Giorgi Matiashvili met his counterparts from NATO member and partner states in Brussels on Tuesday. Photo via NATO.
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Chief of Georgian Defence Forces Major General Giorgi Matiashvili discussed the country's joint projects with NATO at the alliance's headquarters on Tuesday, with defence chiefs meeting in person in Brussels.
Matiashvili was invited to meet his counterparts from alliance member states at the gathering of 30 chiefs of defence, coming ahead of the Heads of State and Government Summit at the headquarters in four weeks' time.
While their meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg primarily dealt with the ongoing drawdown of the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, the top brass also met their colleagues from Ukraine and Georgia.
In session with #Georgia, the Chair of the #NATOMC ACM Peach congratulated MGen Matiashvili on recent participation of ???????? Special Forces in EX Trojan Footprint. #NATOCHoDs also received an update on the status of the Substantial #NATO-Georgia Package & other programmes. pic.twitter.com/FcTygCdCPl
— NATO_PASCAD (@NATO_PASCAD) May 18, 2021
The group of alliance member state defence chiefs thanked Matiashvili for Georgia's participation in NATO-led peacekeeping missions and operations, the alliance's summary for the meeting said.
They also touched on the subject of the recently concluded Trojan Footprint exercise that involved five host countries including Georgia, and Georgian special forces for the first time.
A review of the "updated" Substantial NATO-Georgia Package, a joint project involving measures for developing Georgia's defence capabilities and interoperability with alliance member and partner states, was also part of the discussions.