MoD Dismisses 9 GTEP Soldiers

(Tbilisi. April 10, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Georgian Ministry of Defense (MoD) dismissed as ?disinformation? report that nine soldiers, undergoing US-funded Georgia Train-and-Equip Program, (GTEP) are on-the-run.

?The MoD canceled contract with the nine servicemen, because of undisciplined behavior,? Nino Sturua, Spokesperson for the Georgia MoD told Civil Georgia today.

At the moment the second battalion of Georgian Armed Forces is trained by the US military instructors at the Krtsanisi military field.