: :inin Kyiv (EET)

NATO: Training Center in Georgia Step to Membership


NATO said a new training center opened in Georgia on Thursday would help the former Soviet republic to move closer to membership in the military alliance, a prospect sharply opposed by neighboring Russia.

Georgia’s government has long hoped to join the alliance. But Russia, which fought a 2008 war with Georgia over two Moscow-backed breakaway regions, has said such a move would threaten its security.

“The inauguration of the joint training and evaluation center will be a significant step deepening further our close cooperation,” Jens Stoltenberg, NATO secretary-general, told reporters in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. “All these efforts help Georgia to move …read more

Source: Voice of America

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