NATO Sec Gen: alliance will continue to support its partners facing pressure from Russia, including Georgia
“Allies have agreed to do more, especially in the light of Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine. It highlights the importance of proactively working with a country like Georgia”, Stoltenberg added. Photo:nato.int.
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Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General, on Wednesday said the alliance would continue to support its partners facing pressure from Russia, including Georgia, Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In a press conference following the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers, Stoltenberg noted the alliance had agreed to start work on developing a strategic multi-year assistance programme for Ukraine, which would be “a clear demonstration” that the support would continue for the “long haul".
The global consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine were also discussed by the ministers, the Secretary General emphasised, stressing “this war [Russia-Ukraine war] is not only an attack on Ukraine, but on the international rules-based order that preserves peace and stability”.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday said the alliance’s allied states had agreed to “step up partnership” with partners like Georgia.
The Georgian Parliamentary delegation is participating in the Spring Session of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Parliamentary Assembly in Luxembourg between Saturday and Monday, attending the Assembly’s committees and holding bilateral meetings with the delegations of the member states of the Alliance.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday assessed Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s visit to Brussels, saying at the official meetings, Georgia had been “once again” highlighted as an “important and valuable” partner of NATO in the region.
The dynamics of Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration, as well as the heavy agenda of bilateral cooperation between the country and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, was discussed on Tuesday by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General.
Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General, on Tuesday described Georgia as “one of closest partners” of the alliance and pledged “continued political and practical support” for the country.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday expressed his Government’s “readiness” to further deepen political dialogue and practical cooperation with NATO "in all dimensions".
Participants in the 57th round of the Geneva International Discussions - a platform facilitating talks between the Georgian Government and de facto authorities in the country’s Russian-occupied regions - on Wednesday reviewed security and humanitarian developments in the localities.
Javier Colomina, the NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, on Wednesday said the decision taken at the NATO 2008 Bucharest Summit - where the bloc pledged Georgia and Ukraine would become its members - remained in force for Georgia.
Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General, on Tuesday said the Russian aggression against Georgia and Ukraine had pushed the alliance to add new members and take actions to further strengthen its position on the Eastern flank.
NATO remains “committed” to supporting eventual membership of Georgia and Ukraine in the alliance, the latest annual report of the bloc’s Secretary General said on Tuesday.
Georgian Public Defender Levan Ioseliani on Wednesday told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva the right to life remained a “serious challenge” in the Russian-occupied territories of Georgia.