NATO Representative Colomina: Georgia a valued partner
Colomina noted the meeting had focused on security and defence issues, but also political subjects. Photo: Javier Colomina/Twitter
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NATO values Georgia very much as its partner, Javier Colomina, the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, said on Wednesday following his meetings with the Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and members of the Parliament’s Defence and Security Committee.
Colomina noted the meeting had focused on security and defence issues, but also political subjects.
NATO-Georgia relations are very good. We highly value Georgia as a partner. We have excellent practical cooperation. The tools at your disposal are basically all the tools that NATO have. We should also emphasize that some tools are unique and work only for Georgia,” the NATO official said.
In comments following the meeting, Colomina stressed NATO was in the process of “stepping up” its tools to provide Georgia with "specific instruments."
Strong and capable armed forces are key to uphold Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and NATO will continue to support the country, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday.
NATO will strengthen its support for Georgia, Teona Akubardia, an MP from the opposition Strategy Aghmashenebeli party, told georgian media outlets following a special meeting of Georgian MPs with Javier Colomina, the NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, in the Georgian Parliament on Wednesday.
The NATO of the future needs a responsible and strong ally like Georgia for the challenges it is facing, Irakli Beraia, the Chairman of the Committee on Defence and Security of the Parliament of Georgia, said on Wednesday.
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Irakli Beraia, the head of the defence and security committee of the Georgian parliament on Sunday said Javier Colomina, the NATO secretary general's special representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, in his messages, had expressed support for Georgia’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and Euro-Atlantic integration in a meeting held within the framework of the NATO parliamentary assembly in Madrid.
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