NATO is sufficiently present on the territory of Georgia, the creation of a full-fledged military base of the alliance on the current stage is not considered. This opportunity was denied to the country by the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative in the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai a > in an interview with the Georgian “First Channel”.
“NATO is already significantly represented in Georgia – by military personnel in the center of joint training and retraining, at the school of military construction, besides, joint military exercises of NATO and Georgia are held every year. NATO has civil and military offices in Georgia,” he answered the corresponding question from a journalist.
Appathurai stressed that the alliance locates military bases only on the territory of the member states of the bloc, and Georgia, as a partner state, cannot count on this. However, he noted, the level of NATO presence in the country is unprecedented in comparison with other partners.
The representative of the bloc of countries also spoke about the prospects for future cooperation – NATO is ready to help Georgia develop the capabilities of mobile medicine, as well as improve trainings in the English language. He added that the Georgian state has all the practical tools to prepare for full membership in the bloc.
In August, the Prime Minister of Georgia Georgy Gakharia stated that the country continues to strengthen its partnership in strategic areas – NATO, the United States and European Union .
At the same time, in November 2019, the head of the NATO Allied Office in Georgia Rosary Puglisi stated a> that the alliance will not consider joining a republic without the territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.