EU Ambassador Hartzel thanks Georgia for 'your strong support to the evacuation from Kabul'
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'. Photo: BBC.
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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'.
Hartzel posted on Twitter:
Thank you ???????? for your strong support to the evacuation ✈️ from Kabul which allowed ???????? member states to swiftly and safely transit and transfer via Tbilisi airport???????? @ModGovGe @MFAgovge
— Carl Hartzell (@CarlHartzellEU) August 28, 2021
Ambassador of Sweden to Georgia Ulrik Tidestrom posted on Twitter:
Deeply grateful to Georgia for the support to Sweden’s evacuations from Afghanistan. Your assistance in facilitating flights via Tbilisi went above and beyond. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
— Ulrik Tideström ???????? (@UTidestrom) August 27, 2021
დიდი მადლობა ????????????????????@SwedeninGE @SweMFA @MFAgovge pic.twitter.com/z9bj1MG3Mc
Colonel of US Army Bob Hamilton posted on Twitter:
Won't say much now because it's still ongoing, but what @ModGovGe, @GovernmentGeo and @usingeo are doing to move evacuees from #Afghanistan through Tbilisi is amazing. I'm a very small part of something very big, and I'm proud to be an American working in Georgia right now.
— Bob Hamilton (@bobham88) August 27, 2021
A regional transit hub has 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 has also 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'.
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.