Black Sea security environment, Ukraine developments in focus of Georgian, Azerbaijani, Turkish defence ministers’ meeting
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey signed their trilateral defence cooperation in 2012, with this year’s ministerial of the cooperation hosted by the latter. Photo: The Georgian Defence Ministry.
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The security environment and contemporary challenges in the Black Sea region and the Ukraine conflict were in focus of a meeting involving Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze and his Turkish and Azerbaijani colleagues, Hulusi Akar and Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, the Georgian Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
Hosted in the Turkish city of Kayseri, the ministerial meeting discussed the importance of strengthening energy security and diversifying energy carrier supply, with the parties also reviewing their defence cooperation and future plans.
Burchuladze noted joint military exercises and expert-level meetings would strengthen mutual compatibility, and informed his counterparts about the Georgian Defence Ministry’s reforms for developing the system and increasing combat readiness.
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey signed their trilateral defence cooperation in 2012, with this year’s ministerial of the cooperation hosted by the latter.
Georgian defence minister Juansher Burchuladze on Thursday featured in the South-Eastern Defence Ministerial in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia that discussed regional security issues, Russia’s occupation of parts of Ukraine and Georgia, and cooperation between member states.
Georgia, Azerbaijan and Türkiye have launched this year’s trilateral military exercise Caucasus Eagle with the aim of sharing experience, improving professional capacity and management in a multinational environment, the Georgian defence ministry said on Tuesday.
NATO’s “enhanced involvement” in the Black Sea region amid growing security challenges, and reforms being undertaken in Georgia's defence sector were on the agenda as Georgian defence minister Juansher Burchuladze met NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels earlier today.
Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze on Thursday is participating in a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, discussing the situation created as a result of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and the country’s needs in combating the ongoing Russian offensives, as well as the security challenges facing the United States’s allies and partners.
Cooperation in regional development and defence and importance of joint military exercises were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze and his Azerbaijani and Turkish colleagues, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and General Hulusi Akar.
Security environment in the South Caucasus region and the “peaceful and stable” development of the region were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between Major General Giorgi Matiashvili, the Chief of the Georgian Defence Forces, and Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, the Azerbaijani Defence Minister.
Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze on Friday participated in a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany to discuss the circumstances created by the ongoing war in Ukraine and the country’s needs in combating Russian offensives.