Agile Spirit exercises with 2,500 NATO troops in Georgia end
The Agile Spirit multinational exercise began on July 26. Photo: US Embassy press office.
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The 10th Agile Spirit multinational exercise hosted by Georgia, involving 2,500 troops from 15 NATO allied and partner countries, came to an end earlier today.
Agile Spirit, which is a Georgian Defence Forces and US Army Europe and Africa cooperatively-led, joint multinational brigade-level exercise, was held between July 26 and August 6.
It covered a simulated command post exercise, field training, and joint multinational, battalion-level combined arms live-fire exercises.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated at a closing ceremony that the ‘successful holding’ of Agile Spirit or Noble Partner exercise indicates that US-Georgia strategic relations ‘are at an all-time high.’
Closing ceremony of #AgileSpirit2021 pic.twitter.com/qmLsVuCegG
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) August 6, 2021
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has stated that the ‘way Georgia has chosen, the way towards NATO, leads to stability and security.’
Georgia is devoted and is working in a tireless manner to achieve the final goal, the membership of NATO,” Zurabishvili said.
US Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan said that the exercise ‘is an important example of the shared values that Georgia has with its NATO allies and friends.’
Ambassador Kelly Degnan’s Remarks to Media at the Concluding Ceremony of Agile Spirit 2021 https://t.co/MAzPlJPYwA
— U.S. Embassy Tbilisi (@usingeo) August 6, 2021
Agile Spirit is a highly effective tool for building interoperability with NATO, for deterring adversaries, and for polishing the skills, practising the skills that are needed for our militaries to work together in a coalition,” Degnan said.
She stated that the Agile Spirit exercise ‘is also an example of the strong partnership between the United States and Georgia, as well as Georgia’s strong partnership with NATO partners and allies.
10th #AgileSpirit ????????????????multinational exercise successfully completed. 15 #NATO member&partner countries worked hard to increase readiness, strength& interoperability. Great contribution to #BlackSea security & ????????’s NATO integration#strengththroughpartnership@USArmyEURAF @usingeo
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) August 6, 2021
This kind of exercise is the best demonstration of Georgia’s NATO interoperability, its strong defense forces, and its ability to deter Russian aggression,” Degnan said.
For the first time Special Operation Forces from Georgia, United States, United Kingdom, Romania and Poland have performed combined operations at Sorta Training area in Georgia.