Georgia nato member. Strategic level advice is being provided to the georgian defence ministry and general staff in over a. Georgia should have already become a member of nato stated an american diplomat and former state department official matthew bryza in the guest of the day program. And an associate member of nato georgia.
Three nato members border the black sea. During the three most recent nato summits 2012 in chicago 2014 in wales and 2016 in warsaw georgia had. Georgia is fully ready to be a nato member state prime minister giorgi gakharia told local media on saturday as his government marked 12 years since the 2008 war between russia and georgia.
Georgia is fully ready to be a nato member state prime minister giorgi gakharia told local media on saturday trend reports citing agendage. Today georgia is fully ready for nato membership and our partners can see and appreciate this the pm said. Georgias journey to nato membership has been a long and at times frustrating one.
Located on the northeastern border of nato member turkey georgia is the furthest of all countries currently considering nato membershiparticle 10 of the north atlantic treaty limits membership extension to european states. Romania bulgaria and turkey. According to bryza since georgia is a strategic partner of the united states its independence from russia will further strengthen the national security of the united states.
Georgia became an aspirant country in 2011 and its still not a nato member. Geo political security in the black sea is a challenge that cannot be solved. Enlargement of the north atlantic treaty organization nato is the process of including new member states in natonato is a military alliance of twenty eight european and two north american countries that constitutes a system of collective defensethe process of joining the alliance is governed by article 10 of the north atlantic treaty which allows only for the invitation of other european.
Georgias location on the juncture of continents is a subject of debate yet similarly positioned turkey has been a member of nato since 1952 but turkey has a part of its. The head of the government told reporters today. Last week about 350 personnel from 24 nato states began a joint military exercise near tbilisi.