State Security Service launches exercise for combating proliferation of chemical, biological, radiation, nuclear threats

Major General Giga Nikoleishvili, the Deputy Head of the State Security Service of Georgia, on Tuesday opened a large-scale field practical interagency training designed to develop the capability in combating proliferation of chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear threats. 

Held in Georgia for the first time and organised by the United States Defence Threat Reduction Agency, the drills will be observed by professionals of the field from the US, the Agency said.

Photo: State Security Service.

Nikoleishvili addressed the visiting American professionals and representatives of agencies involved in the exercise in the launch event, noting the training would make a “significant contribution to the strengthening of the security” of the country.

The drills involve units and professionals from the State Security Service, the Emergency Situations Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Defence.