The head of the Ministry of defense, the U.S. promised Georgia assistance on the way to NATO
The head of the Ministry of defense of the United States Chuck Hagel, yesterday while on a visit to Tbilisi, said that the United States consider delivery Georgia defensive weapons. Also Chuck Hagel welcomed the receipt of Georgia the status of a special partner for NATO, the conclusion of what last week was adopted at the conference of the Commonwealth in South Wales.
during your stay in Tbilisi Chuck Hagel met with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, defense Minister Irakli Alasania and other representatives of the country's leadership. Also Chuck Hagel visited military training center, Krtsanisi (near Tbilisi), met with Georgian and American soldiers who serve at the base in the form of instructors, and presented them with a commemorative award. In the capital of Georgia held a press conference of defense Ministers of the two countries, reports the Agency.
" The United States considers the question of the supply of defensive weapons to Georgia. We discuss what steps will be taken to strengthen our cooperation to maintain defense capabilities, " said such as Chuck Hagel, noting that defense Minister Irakli Alasania " discussed the possibility of acquiring Georgia American military helicopters, and that it should make the Georgian side ".
Also Chuck Hagel welcomed Georgia's transition to a New format of cooperation with NATO, the conclusion of what was made in Wales, and expressed support for the country in the development of relations with the Alliance.
" The new status of Georgia as a NATO partner with enhanced capabilities is a new stage for its entry into the Alliance. The deepening of cooperation is most important against the background that, when the annexation of the Crimea, which the United States does not recognize, and which poses a threat to the region, as Well as Russia's actions in Georgia, " said Chuck Hagel.
However, he said that the events in Ukraine " has made the United States closer in our relations with our friends in the European Union, as well as among them with Georgia ".
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