Parliament committee chair: deepening cooperation with Spain is very important for Georgia
The officials also discussed the security environment in the Black Sea region, Russia's war against Ukraine, and the security challenges of Georgia, including the Russian occupation of Georgian territories, as well as other conventional and hybrid threats coming from the country. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Irakli Beraia, the head of the defence and security committee of the Georgian parliament on Saturday said deepening cooperation with Spain, “especially” at the parliamentary level in both bilateral and multilateral formats, including within the framework of the NATO parliamentary assembly, had been “very important” for Georgia.
After the meeting with the Spanish delegation, Beraia, heading the Georgian parliamentary delegation at the ongoing assembly in Madrid, pointed out that Spain was Georgia’s “important” partner and supported its sovereignty and territorial integrity, the press service of the Georgian parliament said.
Met w/ my colleague, Head of Spanish Delegation 2 #NATOPA, Zaida Cantera. Discussed wider Black Sea security, war in Ukraine, threats Georgia faces, progress on ????????’s #NATOEU integration path, importance of further strengthening ???????????????? partnership, importantly parliamentary ties. pic.twitter.com/TM95lriKZl
— Irakli Beraia (@IrakliBeraiaMP) November 18, 2022
The parties reviewed the progress achieved by Georgia on the path to Euro-Atlantic integration and stressed the importance of “accelerating” the decision of joining NATO. The officials also discussed the security environment in the Black Sea region, Russia's war against Ukraine, and the security challenges of Georgia, including the Russian occupation of Georgian territories, as well as other conventional and hybrid threats coming from the country.
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The Georgian parliamentary delegation, led by the head of the defence and security committee Irakli Beraia, discussed regional and Georgian security challenges, as well as Russia’s war against Ukraine in bilateral meetings held within the framework of the ongoing NATO parliamentary assembly in Madrid.
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