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Interfax: Abkhazia concerned about U.S., NATO assistance to Georgia Europe Intelligence Wire - October 13, 2002 12:03am SUKHUMI. Oct 11 (Interfax) - The Republic of Abkhazia said it is concerned about Georgia's increasing military capabilities, thanks to U.S. and NATO programs in the country. "The active role the U.S. and other NATO countries are playing in helping Georgia increase its military capabilities is worrisome," Abkhazia's Defense Minister Raul Khadzhimba told Interfax on Friday. He said that Georgia is receiving sophisticated military hardware, and its officers are being trained in the West. NATO has sent its military advisors and provided financing for training exercises. The alliance is effectively helping Georgia create a navy. This adds to the danger of new hostilities, the defense minister said. ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.interfax.com/com?item=Geor&pg=0&id=5599033&req= Pentagon optimistic about Georgia's intention to join NATO - adviser -Otar Shalikashvili, a brother of Retired General John Shalikashvili, who chaired the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff in the 1990s, has come to Georgia to attend tripartite negotiations on coordinated assistance to Georgia's military. Negotiations between Georgia, the United States and Turkey began in Tbilisi on Wednesday. Tbilisi. (Interfax) - Washington is optimistic about Georgia's determination to join NATO, Otar Shalikashvili, adviser to the U.S. Defense Secretary for Georgia, told Interfax on Thursday. It is a serious decision, and it looks like Georgia will do its best to join NATO. Nevertheless, it is difficult to predict when it may happen, Shalikashvili said. Otar Shalikashvili, a brother of Retired General John Shalikashvili, who chaired the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff in the 1990s, has come to Georgia to attend tripartite negotiations on coordinated assistance to Georgia's military. Negotiations between Georgia, the United States and Turkey began in Tbilisi on Wednesday. The Pentagon knows about Georgia's intention to apply [for entry into NATO - Interfax] during the NATO Paris summit in November, the adviser said. ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.interfax.com/com?item=Geor&pg=0&id=5598831&req= Georgian, U.S., Turkish military officials discuss assistance to Georgian army Tbilisi. (Interfax)- Military officials from Georgia, the United States and Turkey started talks on assistance for the Georgian armed forces in Tbilisi on Wednesday. Colonel General Koksal Karabay, a top official of the Turkish armed forces' General Staff, Mira Ricardel, deputy assistance of the U.S. defense secretary, and Gela Bezhuashvili, Georgian deputy defense minister, are present at the talks, a Tbilisi source told Interfax. "Georgian Defense Minister Lieut. Gen. David Tevzadze will join the talks later," the source said. ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.interfax.com/com?item=Geor&pg=10&id=5598608&req= U.S., Turkey will provide extra assistance to Georgian armed forces -He did not rule out that other NATO countries might join this program. Tbilisi. (Interfax) - Military officials from the United States, Turkey and Georgia will meet in Tbilisi on Wednesday to discuss ways to coordinate assistance for the Georgian armed forces, Georgian Defense Minister Lieut. Gen. David Tevzadze told journalists on Tuesday. He did not rule out that other NATO countries might join this program. The chief of the main department of the Turkish armed forces' General Staff, on a visit to Tbilisi, told journalists that "the main goal of the meeting will be to decide on what the U.S. and Turkey can do to assist in Georgian army reforms." ------------------------------------------------------- http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=2783962&startrow=1&date=2002-10-12&do_alert=0 US MILITARY EXPERTS DISCUSS ARRANGEMENTS FOR NATO MILITARY EXERCISES IN ARMENIA YEREVAN, OCTOBER 12 /from RIA Novosti's Avet Demuryan/ - While on a visit to Yerevan, on October 10 through 12, the Pentagon delegation met with Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sarkisyan to discuss arrangements for NATO military exercises, "Best Effort-2003," to be conducted in the republic. According to Seiran Shakhsuvaryan, press secretary of the Armenian Defense Ministry, representatives of the US defense department spoke up in favor of further cooperation in the area of update of the communications system of the Armenian Armed Forces, as well as within the de-mining program. The team of American military experts was led by Major General Jeoffrey Koehler, in charge of the planning and policy department of the European armed forces command. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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