Georgian defence chief to discuss military cooperation in U.S.
Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Alasania will pay an official visit to the U.S. on August 19, he told journalists on June 20.
This is the Georgian Defence Minister's first official visit to the U.S. in the past four years.
Alasania said that he received an invitation to visit the U.S. from his American counterpart during a meeting in Brussels, where Alasania participated at the NATO ministerial meeting.
According to him, the U.S. confirmed its readiness to intensify military cooperation.
"The U.S. will assist Georgia in the training of the Armed Forces not only to hold operations abroad, but also to strengthen Georgia's defensive capacity," Alasania said.
The minister expressed his satisfaction with the current state of relations between Georgia and the U.S. in the military field.
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