NATO Secretary General to open military training center in Georgia
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrived on a two-day visit to Georgia, during which talks are scheduled with the authorities of the country, as well as the opening of a joint military training center Georgia-NATO.
“We view this visit as part of the preparation for the Warsaw Summit of NATO,” newspaper Tina Khidasheli quoted Georgian Defense Minister as saying. Kommersant.
The minister noted that during the negotiations with Stoltenberg, “the whole range of issues on joining the alliance” will be discussed.
In addition, the NATO Secretary General will visit Krtsanisi, where the opening ceremony of the Georgia-NATO military training center will be held, the agreement on the creation of which was signed in 2014 during the Alliance summit in Wales. Earlier, the former adviser to the Georgian prime minister, Georgy Khukhashvili, said thathistorical an event guaranteeing Georgia a place in the Euro-Atlantic security system. ”
The opening of the new military center was commented on by a number of experts.
“In the military-political sense, this object means little. Thus, NATO is trying to “sweeten” Georgia not only the past, but also the future refusal to provide MAP, ”said GHN analyst Nika Imnaishvili.
Former head of the Georgian State Security Service, Irakli Batiashvili, on the contrary, called it “a great achievement for Georgia,” stressing that “a training center and military base are only one step away.”
“We view this visit as part of the preparation for the Warsaw Summit of NATO,” newspaper Tina Khidasheli quoted Georgian Defense Minister as saying. Kommersant.
The minister noted that during the negotiations with Stoltenberg, “the whole range of issues on joining the alliance” will be discussed.
In addition, the NATO Secretary General will visit Krtsanisi, where the opening ceremony of the Georgia-NATO military training center will be held, the agreement on the creation of which was signed in 2014 during the Alliance summit in Wales. Earlier, the former adviser to the Georgian prime minister, Georgy Khukhashvili, said thathistorical an event guaranteeing Georgia a place in the Euro-Atlantic security system. ”
The opening of the new military center was commented on by a number of experts.
“In the military-political sense, this object means little. Thus, NATO is trying to “sweeten” Georgia not only the past, but also the future refusal to provide MAP, ”said GHN analyst Nika Imnaishvili.
Former head of the Georgian State Security Service, Irakli Batiashvili, on the contrary, called it “a great achievement for Georgia,” stressing that “a training center and military base are only one step away.”
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