Tbilisi told with Kiev on the lessons of the war in 2008
The Ministry of defence of Georgia supports direct contacts with Ukrainian colleagues ", said the head of the Ministry of defense Irakli Alasania in an interview to the Georgian magazine " the Arsenal ".
" Already exchanged information, lessons learned after the 2008 war, " said he." All this was on an official level and has caused the big interest ", - the Minister said. Irakli Alasania said that he met with the ex-Minister of defense of Ukraine." We will never forget, as the Ukrainian brothers were standing quite close to us since the 90-ies ", - he said. Thus he has noticed, that in Ukraine there is no Georgian soldiers." It is not necessary ", - said the Minister. According to him, " Russia is currently using in Ukraine, the methods tested in Georgia in the nineties, when he came instructors and trained group of separatists ". At the same time, the Minister said, " and then standing army (Russia) helped the separatists "." Currently, the methods changed - on-one instructor has four local ", said Alasania. The Minister also said that after the September summit of NATO in Wales Georgia will be " much more secure." The aid package, according to him, implies defensive armament, as well as the conduct in Georgia frequent bilateral exercises with NATO countries. Alasania himself took part in the early 90's in the military actions in Abkhazia, where he died his father is a General. Then he held important government positions, When presidents Eduard Shevardnadze and Mikheil Saakashvili. Shortly after the 2008 war he joined the opposition to Saakashvili, who rejected his peace plan for Abkhazia. The head of the defense Ministry of Georgia says that the army of his country no longer focused on the offensive, only on the defensive, and supported a peaceful solution of the issues of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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