He stressed that striving for NATO membership is "the highest priority of Georgia's foreign policy and security."
“Today Georgia is one of the closest and most reliable NATO partners.
Our military personnel are contributing to peacekeeping operations with great professionalism and dedication, ”the Georgian prime minister wrote on Facebook.
According to him, Georgia is ready to fully share responsibility for collective defense with NATO.
“We firmly believe that the expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance towards the Black Sea is a necessary condition for European and world security, that NATO needs Georgia as much as we do,” Garibashvili concluded.
In March, the Georgian Coast Guard and NATO warships held joint naval exercises in the Black Sea.