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.

Agenda.ge, 27 Aug 2021 - 18:43, Tbilisi,Georgia

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.