NATO discusses Ukraine war, strengthening alliance in Assembly involving Georgia’s Parliamentary delegation
Led by Irakli Beraia, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Security, the Delegation featured in the session that reviewed hybrid threats, NATO’s open door policy and partner support, the upcoming Madrid Summit and a new strategic concept. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, strengthening NATO and adapting it to the growing threats were discussed in a Parliamentary Assembly of the alliance in Vilnius between Friday and Monday, with the Permanent Delegation of the Parliament of Georgia involved.
Led by Irakli Beraia, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Security, the Delegation featured in the session that reviewed hybrid threats, NATO’s open door policy and partner support, the upcoming Madrid Summit and a new strategic concept.
During the session, the members of the Georgian representation held bilateral meetings with delegations of the United States, Great Britain, France, Romania, Lithuania, Poland, Estonia, Finland and Sweden, the Parliament press office said.
The representatives of member states reaffirmed their “unwavering support” for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity and the country’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations in the meetings, pointing out Georgia was an “important” partner of NATO and it was “necessary” to further strengthen support for the country “in all directions”.
The main messages of the Georgian delegation to the partners were to accelerate Georgia's accession to the Alliance, strengthen the NATO military presence in the Black Sea region, increase support for Georgia's defence capabilities and resilience, and to put “maximum pressure” on Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.
Georgia has repeatedly proven to be a “trusted and experienced” NATO partner capable of making a “valuable contribution” to global peace and security, Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili said on Thursday at an event held for the 2022 NATO-Georgia Exercise.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that NATO allies have called on Russia to withdraw forces from Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova at a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council held earlier today.
Javier Colomina, the NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, on Friday said the upcoming Madrid Summit would be a “good opportunity” for the alliance to reaffirm its support for Georgia's Euro-Atlantic path.
Nothing will change Georgia’s determination to pursue its path toward the European Union and NATO membership, President Salome Zourabichvili said on Thursday in an interview with the French magazine Marie Claire.
Alexander Vinnikov, the Head of the NATO Liaison Office in Georgia, on Tuesday said that the decisions made at the Madrid Summit attended by the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili were an expression of NATO’s “strong political support” for Georgia.