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DefMin Dusa meets Georgia's President
National Defence Minister Mircea Dusa in Tbilisi on Monday met Georgia's President Giorgi Margvelashvili, at the Presidential Administration Palace, on which occasion he appreciated the efforts and firm commitment of the Republic of Georgia for strengthening the cooperation with NATO, informs a National Defence Ministry (MApN) press release."I know that your country uses all allied mechanisms put at its disposal and I believe that using them at the maximum [level] will contribute to materialising the aspirations of Georgia's Euro-Atlantic integration," Minister Dusa said.
At the same time, the Romanian official showed Romania's availability to support these efforts, mainly those of the Georgian servicemen on the line of preparing and increasing the interoperability with the NATO forces.
Minister Mircea Dusa said that the stability in the Eastern Neighbourhood and the extended Black Sea area represents a priority to Romania.
"We believe that the European Union must maintain its commitment in regards with monitoring the implementing of the Six-Point Agreement, which we still support on a political level and we substantially contribute with staff in the EU monitoring mission in Georgia," the Romanian Defence Minister also said.
According to agenda.ge, Minister Dusa said that "Romania is one of the strongest supporters of Georgia”.
The Romanian official is on his first official visit to Georgia and since arriving earlier this morning, he has already held several meetings with local authorities, including his Georgian counterpart Mindia Janelidze at the Ministry of Defence.
The Defence officials reviewed regional security issues and the Georgian Minister informed his Romanian counterpart about the reforms already implemented and scheduled for the future in Georgia’s defensive scope.
Janelidze emphasized the top priority of 2015 was effective execution of the Substantial NATO-Georgia Package, and he thanked the Romanian side for its readiness to send a representative to the NATO Core Team.
"We talked about cooperation in the direction of NATO and the EU as well as in a bilateral format,” Janelidze said. Dusa spoke highly of the ongoing reforms in the Georgian defence sector and thanked Janelidze for Georgia’s significant contribution to global security. At the meeting the Defence Ministers emphasized Georgia’s cooperation with the EU and noted Georgia’s immense contribution to international missions in Afghanistan and the Central African Republic (CAR) was important.At the end of the press conference, the Romanian official promised Georgia his country would offer strong support as Georgia worked towards implementing the NATO-Georgia Substantial Package.
On another note, also today the Romanian official met Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and discussed the Georgian-Romanian cooperation in the defensive sector as well as Georgia’s relations with NATO and the EU.
The pair discussed the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit, due to be held in Riga in May, and Georgia’s expectations of the event.
Georgia’s Prime Minister said following the course of European integration represented a unified choice of his nation.
Garibashvili thanked the Romanian Defence Minister for his country’s support for Georgia's territorial integrity and European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations. He once again expressed his concern over Russia’s signature of the so-called treaties on Alliance and Strategic Partnership with Georgia’s breakaway regions Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
At the end of the meeting, Garibashvili invited Dusa to upcoming conference on Georgia's defence and security, which will be held in Batumi on June 25-27.