Georgian MoD officials, NATO Deputy Assistant Sec Gen discuss “difficult” security environment, hybrid threats from Russia
Lela Chikovani and Davit Sujashvili, the Deputy Ministers, spoke with the NATO official about the priority directions of Georgia’s defence field transformation and the implemented reforms in the direction. Photo: MoD of Georgia
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The ongoing war in Ukraine, the “difficult” security environment and “hybrid threats” from Russia were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Deputy Defence Ministers of Georgia and NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges James Appathurai.
The meeting focused on hybrid threats from Russia, the means of dealing with them, and the importance of deepening practical NATO-Georgia cooperation in the context to strengthen Georgia's “resilience and defence capabilities,” the Defence Ministry said.
Lela Chikovani and Davit Sujashvili, the Deputy Ministers, spoke with the NATO official about the priority directions of Georgia’s defence field transformation and the implemented reforms in the direction.
In his comments, Appathurai praised the country’s reforms and the progress made in practical cooperation with NATO, and reaffirmed the alliance's readiness to strengthen support for practical cooperation with Georgia, including in further “improving its hybrid and cyber security capabilities.”
Georgia has “all practical tools” to join NATO and has “never been so close” to the alliance, Irakli Beraia, the Chairman of the Committee on Defence and Security of the Parliament of Georgia, said on Wednesday.
NATO wants to see the continuation of reforms in Georgia, a less polarised political environment, and to see the Government and the opposition "work together", the alliance's Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges James Appathurai said on Wednesday following an address to the Georgian Parliament.
NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges James Appathurai, who is on a visit to Georgia, said on Wednesday he was “actively involved” in assisting Georgia in developing cybersecurity.
NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General James Appathurai will address the Committee on Defence and Security of the Parliament of Georgia on Wednesday.
An “important political statement” for Georgia was made by James Appathurai, the NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, in his address to the Georgian Parliament, Teona Akubardia, a member of the Parliamentary political faction Reform Group said on Wednesday.
Marek Szczygiel, the Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia, on Tuesday discussed cooperation between the body and Georgian authorities with Lela Chikovani, the First Deputy Defence Minister of Georgia.