The progress achieved by Georgia on its Euro-Atlantic integration path and the main directions of the country’s relations with NATO were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili and Javier Colomina, the NATO secretary general’s special representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Garibashvili and Colomina reviewed NATO support measures tailored to Georgia, which “aim to further increase the country's defence capabilities”, the government administration said.
The meeting focused on the new strategic concept of NATO, which reiterates the alliance’s “unwavering support” for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity and underscores the “strategic importance” of the Black Sea region to the bloc.
In his remarks, Garibashvili stressed the country had “always” been “one of the most reliable and capable” partners of the alliance, making a “greatest” contribution to the “common Euro-Atlantic security”.
The officials also discussed the ongoing war in Ukraine and the resulting “difficult” security environment in the Black Sea region and around the world.
The current situation in the Russian-occupied territories of Georgia was also in focus of the meeting, with the Georgian PM “once again” confirming the commitment of his government to the policy of peaceful resolution of the conflict.