Secretary of the U.S. Army, John McHugh, arrived in Tbilisi on Saturday, two weeks after U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel visited Georgia.
He will meet Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania to discuss threat posed by Islamic State, as well as U.S. support to Georgia’s NATO integration, according to the U.S. embassy in Tbilisi.
The Georgian Defense Ministry said that U.S. role in implementing decisions of NATO Wales summit in respect of Georgia would be discussed.
The Secretary of the U.S. Army will also visit the Georgian National Defense Academy in the town of Gori in Shida Kartli region on September 21.