Georgian Security Service Head, British Ambassador review cooperation, security matters
The officials also discussed security challenges and regional threats facing Georgia, with Clayton thanking Liluashvili for the bilateral security cooperation. Photo: State Security Service
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The importance of strategic partnership and “strong security cooperation” between Georgia and the United Kingdom was reviewed on Friday in a meeting between Grigol Liluashvili, the Head of the State Security Service of Georgia, and Mark Clayton, the British Ambassador to the country.
The meeting focused on the possibilities of deepening the existing cooperation between the two countries and future plans, the Service said.
The officials also discussed security challenges and regional threats facing Georgia, with Clayton thanking Liluashvili for the bilateral security cooperation.
The United States Department of State's 2021 Country Report on Terrorism on Tuesday said Georgia had continued its “robust engagement” on counterterrorism issues throughout that year and remained a “strong” security partner for the United States.
The United States Department of State's Country Reports on Terrorism for 2022 has highlighted Georgia's “robust engagement” in counterterrorism efforts, portraying the nation as a stalwart partner in global security.
Grigol Liluashvili, the Head of the Georgian State Security Service, on Thursday said the Service's efforts and the implemented measures “have significantly reduced the number of possible supporters of terrorism” in Georgia.
The Georgian state security service on Tuesday said its counterintelligence department had prevented the assassination of an Israeli citizen in the country by a group involving individuals with Pakistani and dual Georgian-Iranian citizenships, who have been arrested.
The current counter-terrorist situation in the world, the wider region and Georgia was discussed on Sunday in a meeting of the Inter-agency Standing Commission for Developing and Monitoring Implementation of the National Strategy and Action Plan for Combating Terrorism.
The Georgian State Security Service on Monday said the “false reports” on potential presence of explosives at several locations in the country's western city of Batumi, made on Sunday, had been made from abroad.