Defence capabilities, cybersecurity, NATO cooperation discussed by Defence Minister, MPs
The meeting focused on increasing GDF combat readiness and its compatibility with NATO standards, with the discussion concerning both long- and medium-term development plans. Photo: Ministry of Defence of Georgia
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Long-term plans for the development of Georgian Defence Forces (GDF), strengthening their capabilities, issues of cybersecurity and NATO cooperation were some of the topics discussed by Minister Juansher Burchuladze and the Parliamentary Confidence Group earlier today.
Irakli Beraia, the Chairman of the Committee on Defence and Security, said on Thursday the meeting had focused on increasing GDF combat readiness and its compatibility with NATO standards, with the discussion concerning both long- and medium-term development plans.
Steps aimed at developing anti-tank, anti-aircraft and artillery capabilities, as well as cybersecurity, logistics and intelligence were also reviewed, Beraia said, adding the closed section of the meeting had involved an “interesting discussion” on the Defence Minister’s report.
Burchuladze attended the sitting of the Parliamentary Confidence Group earlier today, where he informed MPs about the undisclosed state procurements implemented and planned at the Ministry of Defence.
Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze said the country’s Government and Prime Minister had designated it as the “stated policy” to “avoid all risks to the country”, with the official making the remark to local reporters after a sitting of the Parliamentary Confidence Group in a closed format today.
The security environment in the Black Sea region following the Russian aggression on Ukraine, and the challenges facing Georgia in the circumstances, were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between David Zalkaliani, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, and Toivo Klaar, the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia.
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 met with Head of NATO Military Committee Admiral Rob Bauer on Wednesday and discussed the military cooperation between Georgia and the alliance.
Georgia and NATO member states are building a new Euro-Atlantic security architecture together, Irakli Beraia, the Chair of the Committee on Defence and Security of the Parliament of Georgia, said on Wednesday.
The importance of Georgia’s cybersecurity cooperation with international partners and further development in the sector were noted by Georgian defence minister Juansher Burchuladze in his address at the opening of the Intermarium Cyber Security Forum in Tbilisi on Monday.