Stoltenberg: NATO exercises in Georgia will be held under the guidance of the U.S.
Vladimir Dobrovolsky. NATO exercises in Georgia will be conducted under the leadership of the USA in the framework of cooperation between Tbilisi with the Alliance, said the organisation's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
"Today, several Nations have said they will take part in the work (training - approx. Ed.) centre and the development. Mrad.) package NATO for Georgia. Not completely, they will contribute by providing personnel, not fully - financial support. In addition, the U.S. will be a key nation in regard to the NATO exercises in Georgia, " said Mr Stoltenberg correspondents After the meeting of the Georgia-NATO.
first he said that in the work of the training centre, which will be located in Tbilisi, will participate more than 10 member countries of the Commonwealth.
in mid-January at the headquarters of NATO in Brussels the previous meeting of the Commission, the Georgia-NATO. Authorized member countries of the Commonwealth expressed readiness to take an active part in the implementation adopted at the conference in Wales package NATO-Georgia, " who contributes to Georgia's preparations for membership ".
Institutional cooperation between Georgia and NATO began in 1994, when Georgia became a member of the Partnership for peace (PfP - Parntnership for Peace). After the "rose revolution" in 2004 the cooperation between Georgia and NATO became more intense. In April 2008 in Bucharest at the conference of heads of member countries of NATO, it was confirmed that Georgia and Ukraine in the future have the opportunity to become members of NATO - subject to compliance with the standards of the Commonwealth.