Georgian defence minister in South-Eastern Defence Ministerial
The Georgian defence ministry said the forum aimed to consolidate cooperation among regional countries to promote peace and security in the region, as well as support Euro-Atlantic integration of aspiring countries. Photo: The Georgian defence ministry.
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Georgian defence minister Juansher Burchuladze on Thursday featured in the South-Eastern Defence Ministerial in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia that discussed regional security issues, Russia’s occupation of parts of Ukraine and Georgia, and cooperation between member states.
Photo: The Georgian defence ministry
The Georgian defence ministry said the forum aimed to consolidate cooperation among regional countries to promote peace and security in the region, as well as support Euro-Atlantic integration of aspiring countries.
Photo: The Georgian defence ministry
The SEDM involves Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Greece, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro. Moldova is an observer nation. Georgia joined in 2015 and received the observer status the next year.
Within his visit to Bulgaria, Burchuladze will also meet his Bulgarian and Romanian counterparts to discuss questions of cooperation.
Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze on Thursday is participating in a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, discussing the situation created as a result of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and the country’s needs in combating the ongoing Russian offensives, as well as the security challenges facing the United States’s allies and partners.
For the first time in the history of Georgia, the country is hosting the South-Eastern Europe Defence Ministerial (SEDM). The international event is taking place in Georgia’s Black Sea coastal resort of Batumi.
Georgia has been granted the right to host the South Eastern Europe Defence Ministerial (SEDM) in 2017, the country’s Defence Ministry announced.
NATO has praised the Georgian Defence Minister for its strong support, progressing NATO’s anticorruption program and making significant gains in fighting corruption.
The security environment and contemporary challenges in the Black Sea region and the Ukraine conflict were in focus of a meeting involving Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze and his Turkish and Azerbaijani colleagues, Hulusi Akar and Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, the Georgian Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze will this week feature in the South-Eastern Europe Defence Ministerial in Ankara, with the event looking to consolidate cooperation between the countries of the region and promote integration of its countries into Euro-Atlantic structures.
Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze on Thursday discussed strategic partnership and future cooperation with his Romanian counterpart Angel Tîlvăr in a meeting held as part of the South-Eastern Europe Defence Ministerial in Ankara.