Training center in Georgia will open at the end of the year hopeful NATO

Magee, Kikaleyshvili. Zam. the Secretary General of NATO Alexander Vershbow expressed the hope that in common with Georgia training center will start functioning by the end of the current year, and said that undergo trainings have the opportunity not only members of the Commonwealth, but all of its partner countries and allies.

Vershbow January 29, resides in Georgia, the main purpose of the visit is to monitor the implementation of an existing package, the NATO-Georgia.

" NATO and Georgia faithful to the idea that the center shall begin operations by the end of the year that will enable Georgia to strengthen the defence sector security. Center will be open to other allies and NATO partners, because georgaphy Georgia and a high level of military power together create unique opportunities for training in the broad groups, " said Vershbow in common with the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili press conference.

in mid-January at the headquarters of NATO in Brussels, a 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 NATO members, 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.


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