NATO Sec-Gen: "stepping up" support for Georgia to be discussed at Foreign Ministers meeting
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said "stepping up" support for the Alliance partners “under Russian pressure,” including Georgia, would be discussed at the meeting of Foreign Ministers on April 6 and 7.
Stoltenberg noted the Russian invasion of Ukraine highlighted the importance of supporting the “highly valued” partners.
It is important that all of those who believe in democracy, the rule of law, need to provide support to close and highly valued partners like Georgia. It’s better to support sooner than later,” Stoltenberg told the press on Wednesday.
In his remarks, the NATO Secretary-General reaffirmed the door of the Alliance remained open, while Russia could not veto any applicant country’s membership aspirations.
NATO must step up individual support for Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a briefing ahead of a summit of alliance leaders on Tuesday.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called on the allies of the alliance to “step up” in their support for Georgia following an extraordinary meeting of NATO defence ministers on Wednesday.
Stoltenberg said the ongoing war in Ukraine also put the nearby non-NATO member states, including Georgia, at risk.
Georgia needs to strengthen its self-defence capacity while NATO should consider enhancing its cooperation with the country amid “elevated risks”, Viktor Dolidze, the Head of the Georgian Mission to NATO, said on Tuesday.
The United States House Foreign Affairs Committee has approved an act in support of Georgia’s territorial integrity and security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia said on Wednesday.
It is important to step up cooperation with NATO partner countries, including Georgia, the Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said on Thursday ahead of the NATO ministers meeting.
Defence ministers from the Black Sea coastal countries and Poland on Thursday discussed the ongoing war in Ukraine via a video call, the Turkish Defence Ministry said.