Georgia sends drinking water supplies to Afghanistan
Georgia has sent drinking water supplies for people who are at the airport of Kabul in Afghanistan as humanitarian aid. Photo: CNN.
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Georgia has sent drinking water supplies for people who are at the airport of Kabul in Afghanistan as humanitarian aid, announces the government of Georgia.
Deputy Head of the Administration of the Government of Georgia Revaz Javelidze said that Georgia stands by its international partners and is involved in both humanitarian and evacuation processes.
He noted that a regional transit hub had been set up at Tbilisi International Airport and at the Georgian Defence Forces military base with the participation of Georgian, Norwegian and Swedish servicemen, as well as military and civilian personnel from several NATO member states.
Tbilisi International Airport is being used as a way station by evacuation flights of the NATO Military Transportation Organisation, which is running daily flights to Kabul and back.
US Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan thanked the Ministry of Defence and the Georgian government for the 'outstanding logistics support that they have provided for humanitarian flights from Afghanistan that have been transiting Georgia on their way to the final destinations'.
This is another example of Georgia stepping up with compassion and great capability to contribute to global security operations. The Unites States will continue to work with the Georgian Ministry of Defence to make the Georgian Defence Forces even stronger and more capable than they are now", said Degnan today at the Georgian Defence Readiness Programme Graduation.
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva has also thanked Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for Georgia's assistance in the 'safe and swift' evacuation of fund personnel and their families from Afghanistan.
Georgian President Salome Zurabshvili 'strongly condemns' the terrorist attack outside Kabul's airport in Afghanistan, where 13 US service members and at least 60 Afghans have been killed. Two bombing attacks took place in Kabul yesterday, reports the Pentagon and Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani stated earlier today that Russian agencies are distributing disinformation in claiming that Georgia is taking in Afghan refugees, amid the country’s involvement in the evacuation process from Afghanistan.
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva has sent a letter to Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili in which she offers 'deepest gratitude' on behalf of the IMF and its staff for Georgia's assistance in the 'safe and swift' evacuation of fund personnel and their families from Afghanistan.
Tbilisi International Airport is being used as a way station by evacuation flights of the NATO Military Transportation Organisation, which is running daily flights to Kabul and back, the Georgian government reports. "From Tbilisi, passengers evacuated from Kabul are being transported abroad via various charter flights. Up to 2,000 individuals have been evacuated so far via Georgian territory,” said the statement.
EU Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzel thanks Georgia for its support to the evacuation from Kabul, Afghanistan, 'which allowed European Union member states to swiftly and safely transit and transfer via Tbilisi airport'.