Georgian Defence Minister to meet NATO counterparts on Wednesday
Prior to the session, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will make a joint statement together with United States Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin. Photo: nato.int
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Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze will take part in an extraordinary meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence on Wednesday in Brussels, the press office of the alliance announced on Monday.
Along with his Ukrainian, Finnish and Swedish counterparts and Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Burchuladze is set to meet NATO counterparts at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels.
Prior to the session, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will make a joint statement together with United States Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, after which the meeting of the Georgian, Ukrainian, Finnish and Swedish Defence Ministers is scheduled with Borrell and the North Atlantic Council.
On February 17, along with his Ukrainian colleague Oleksii Reznikov, the Georgian Defence Minister held several high-level meetings with foreign partners and delivered a speech during a meeting of NATO ministers in Brussels, emphasising support and solidarity for Ukraine and noting its common security challenges with Georgia.
United States Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin sat down with Minister of Defence of Georgia Juansher Burchuladze in one of the few meetings the American official held at the NATO ministerial in Brussels on Thursday, with the discussion covering questions of strategic cooperation between the partnering countries.
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’s defence minister Juansher Burchuladze and his Ukrainian colleague Oleksii Reznikov are set to meet NATO counterparts on Thursday, during sessions involving the alliance’s ministers of defence in Brussels, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Tuesday.
Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze will take part in an extraordinary meeting of NATO defence ministers on Wednesday, the alliance's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed earlier today.
Georgia needs to strengthen its self-defence capacity while NATO should consider enhancing its cooperation with the country amid “elevated risks”, Viktor Dolidze, the Head of the Georgian Mission to NATO, said on Tuesday.
The issue of Georgia has never been so relevant in NATO, the Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze said on Wednesday.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called on the allies of the alliance to “step up” in their support for Georgia following an extraordinary meeting of NATO defence ministers on Wednesday.
Stoltenberg said the ongoing war in Ukraine also put the nearby non-NATO member states, including Georgia, at risk.
Brigadier General Edward Vaughan of the United States European Command has commended the steps taken as part of the Georgia Defence and Deterrence Enhancement Initiative, an agreement signed last year, during his visit to the country on Friday for an interim assessment of the mechanism that aims to modernise and develop the Georgian Defence Forces with US support.