Parliament Gives Legal Base for NATO Exercises
(Tbilisi, June 6, Civil Georgia) – Georgian Parliament ratified agreement between the Georgian Defense Ministry and NATO Allied Command Europe on carrying out military exercise Cooperative Best Effort – 2002.
The military exercises are held in the frames of the NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) program at Vaziani military base near Tbilisi on June 17-27. The NATO funds 85% of expenses needed for the exercises.
The former Russian military base at Vaziani was modernized with the Turkish financial assistance.
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