Danish FM: “important” to step up cooperation with NATO partner countries, including Georgia
The top Danish diplomat stressed the right of countries to “live in peace” within their internationally recognised borders, as the alliance meeting was convened on the backdrop of Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Photo: Reuters
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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.
The top Danish diplomat stressed the right of countries to “live in peace” within their internationally recognised borders, as the alliance meeting was convened on the backdrop of Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
It is important to us to step up the cooperation between NATO and Partner countries, which are: Georgia, Moldova, as well as Sweden, Finland and the Balkans,” Kofod said.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday "stepping up" support for alliance partners “under Russian pressure,” including Georgia, would be discussed at the meeting of foreign ministers on Wednesday and Thursday.
In his remarks, Stoltenberg reaffirmed the door of alliance membership remained open for aspiring states, adding Russia could not veto any applicant country’s membership drive.
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.
The issue of Georgia has never been so relevant in NATO, the Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze said on Wednesday.
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.
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.
Canada supports Georgia and has “always supported” NATO's open door policy to aspiring member states, Mélanie Joly, the Canadian Foreign Minister, said on Thursday ahead of the NATO Foreign Ministerial in Brussels.
A delegation of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence of the European Parliament will visit Georgia between Sunday and Thursday to assess the work of the EU Monitoring Mission, as well as the possible implications of Russia’s war against Ukraine for Georgia, the EU legislative body said on Friday.
NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General James Appathurai will address the Committee on Defence and Security of the Parliament of Georgia on Wednesday.