Latvia to donate helicopter to Georgian Interior Ministry
Pilots and engineers will also be trained under the International Centre for Migration Policy Development’s programme for strengthening the Georgian Border Police's capacities for green and sea border surveillance. Photo: Georgian Interior Ministry
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Latvia will donate a helicopter to the Georgian Interior Ministry following the signing of a memorandum between Nikoloz Sharadze, the Head of the Ministry's Border Police and Guntis Pujāts, the Chief of the Latvian State Border Guard, the Ministry announced on Tuesday.
Pilots and engineers will also be trained under the International Centre for Migration Policy Development’s programme for strengthening the Georgian Border Police's capacities for green and sea border surveillance.
An Interior Ministry delegation led by Giorgi Butkhuzi, the Deputy Minister, is holding an official visit to Latvia, during which the parties have also signed a document on their border protection cooperation plan of 2022.
The Georgian officials also held various high-level meetings in Latvia, including Butkhuzi’s meeting with his Latvian counterpart Dmitry Trofimov, the Ministry said, adding the delegation had also visited a Latvian border checkpoint to become acquainted with specifics of the work of the Latvian state border protection.
About 20,000 Russian citizens have entered Georgia since February 24, compared to 40,000 in the same period in 2019, Vakhtang Gomelauri, the Interior Minister of Georgia, said on Wednesday in response to rumours about “unprecedented level” influx of Russian citizens into Georgia over the recent days on the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Embassy of the United States to Georgia presented the Security Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia with metal detector hardware on Thursday, the Ministry revealed.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri and Karin Keller-Sutter, the Swiss Federal Councillor and the Head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police, discussed ongoing events in the Black Sea region and challenges caused by the security situation, the Ministry said on Thursday.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has given modern equipment for document inspection to the Patrol Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
Major General Nikoloz Sharadze, the Head of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs' Border Police force, discussed ongoing joint projects and plans for future cooperation with Kathryn Insley, the United States Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Security, and representatives of the Export Control and Border Security Programme on Saturday.