State Security Service launches exercise for combating proliferation of chemical, biological, radiation, nuclear threats
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.Photo: State Security Service.
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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.
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Georgian Coast Guard service and a group of NATO vessels joined forces in drills in the Black Sea, the interior ministry reported on Friday.
Georgian drill instructors are leading courses for international observer trainers alongside their colleagues from Lithuania at the NATO-Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Centre (JTEC), with field manoeuvres involving troops from alliance member and partner states included in the five-day training.
The representatives of the Georgian State Security Service, the Emergency Management Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the units of the Ministry of Defence on Saturday successfully completed field practical interagency training designed to develop capability in combating proliferation of chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear threats.
The Georgian Parliament's Defence and Security Committee on Monday ratified a document submitted by the country’s Interior Ministry on the participation of its Coast Guard Department professionals in NATO’s Sea Guardian maritime security operation.