Georgia, France to ink air safety agreement
By Vusala Abbasova
Georgia and France will soon sign an agreement on air safety, said Tinatin Khidasheli, Georgia Defense Minister at the meeting in Brussels.
Khidasheli denied media reports on frustration on the deal with France.
Earlier Georgian media reported that ex Defense Minister, Irakli Alasania blamed former colleagues, in particular, Georgia Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili in deliberately disrupting the signing of an agreement with France on air safety in 2014.
Alasania said despite the PM’s wishes he signed the memorandum on October 28, 2014 in France, and was supposed to sign the agreement on air safety by late 2014, which, unfortunately, did not happen.
Khidasheli highlighted that so-called agreement frustration with France was erroneous and everything that were claimed contradict the reality.
"I can only confirm that we will soon sign an agreement," Khidasheli added s.
The defense minister will visit Paris in a week within the scope of which will clarify all details of the agreement.
Due to an agreement between Georgia and France on air safety, Georgia would possess tactical and operational capabilities. The country could defend itself against attack of planes and all kinds of bombers. Furthermore, foreign aircrafts would not be able to enter its airspace, thus guaranteeing the independence of Georgian air space.
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