Georgia receives 5 new training vehicles from NATO
Georgia received the first batch of training vehicles back in 2019. Photo: NATO Support and Procurement Agency
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The Georgian Defence Ministry has received the last five of 20 vehicles from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) which will be used at the NATO-Georgian Joint Training and Evaluation Centre (JTEC).
The Georgian Defence Ministry has tweeted:
Within the frames of the Substantial #NATO-Georgia Package #SNGP and the support of NATO Defence Capacity Building Trust Fund project, @NSPA_NATO has delivered 5 Renault vehicles to NATO-Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Center #JTEC. pic.twitter.com/3EzUbmbbmR
— MOD Georgia (@ModGovGe) March 10, 2021
The JTEC is part of the Substantive NATO-Georgia Package, which has contributed to Georgia's defence capabilities since 2014.
NSPA reported yesterday that all of the vehicles have been customised to meet the requirements of the JTEC and the Georgian Armed Forces.
The 20 vehicles include:
- one ambulance
- two minivans
- twelve Toyota Hilux
- five trucks
The project is funded by NATO Defence Capacity Building with contributions from Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Turkey and the United Kingdom under Norway leadership.
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— NATO Support and Procurement Agency (@NSPA_NATO) March 10, 2021
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Georgia received the first batch of 15 training vehicles in 2019.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at the College of Europe in Bruges earlier today that ‘NATO’s door remains open’ for Georgia and Ukraine. Stoltenberg said that he was at the NATO summit in Bucharest back in 2008 when the alliance made a decision that Georgia and Ukraine will become its members but they ‘did not set any fixed date’.
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