August 16, 2018
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) NATO forces and troops from partner countries
have concluded over two weeks of combat training in the former Soviet republic
of Georgia. The 13-nation military exercise "Noble Partner 2018" kicked off
in Georgia's Vaziani military base on Wednesday Aug. 1st.with over
3,000 soldiers taking part, the Georgian Defense Ministry said. Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Britain, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Lithuania, Norway,
Poland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States are participating in the drills.
At the
opening ceremony on the outskirts of Tbilisi, Georgia's Defense Minister Levan
Izoria said the goal is to make the armed forces a full-fledged contributor to
international peace and security. The two-week joint military exercise began
with an air descent operation by Georgian, U.S. and German servicemen.
The annual exercise aims to enhance
participating nations' readiness and interoperability. It includes field
training combined with combat shooting, as well as interaction of combat
support elements in defense and attack operations. About 100 Ukrainian marines
kept on training along with service personnel of NATO nations and partners
within the exercise.
“These maneuvers are designed
for coordination and cooperation of NATO nations and partners, coordinated
actions of multinational unit. The Ukrainian unit acts as a unitary whole”,
Gen. Tabatadzi Shavleg, Georgian co-director of Exercise, said.
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