NATO maritime forces hold training for Georgian coast guard
The coast guard professionals were introduced to work of the NATO Navigation Centre and the counter-terrorism Operation Sea Guardian by the bloc’s mobile training team on the latter’s visit to Georgia. Photo: Border police of Georgia.
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Allied Maritime Command, the central command of the NATO maritime forces, held an information training for the Georgian coast guard, introducing the service about the alliance’s maritime security operations, the Georgian border police said on Wednesday.
The coast guard professionals were introduced to work of the NATO Navigation Centre and the counter-terrorism Operation Sea Guardian by the bloc’s mobile training team on the latter’s visit to Georgia.
Photo: Border police of Georgia
Hosted by Ramaz Papidze, the director of the department, the visiting delegation members inspected the Joint Maritime Operation Centre.
The Georgian side in the meetings also introduced the MTT to work of the domestic coast guard and the Centre.
Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs on Saturday marked the annual Coast Guard Day by handing out awards to servicemembers for their “exceptional service”, while also celebrating the granting of partner status to the country by NATO for the alliance’s Sea Guardian maritime security operation.
Georgian Coast Guard service and a group of NATO vessels joined forces in drills in the Black Sea, the interior ministry reported on Friday.
The NATO-Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Centre (JTEC) has marked three years anniversary since its foundation.
The Substantial NATO-Georgia Package that was offered to the country last year is beginning to deliver tangible results, as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg inaugurated the new Training Centre during his first visit to Tbilisi today.
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.
Professionals of the Coast Guard Department of the Border Police of Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs on Monday received awards for their service in an occasion marking the 25th anniversary of the body in western Georgia's port city of Poti.