Military exercises with the participation of NATO and Ukraine began in Georgia

30 July 2017, 21:46 | Policy 
фото с УРА-Информ

This is reported by the BBC.

As noted, the exercises are held at the military base of Vaziani not far from Tbilisi. In addition, they will be completed no earlier than August 12.

At the same time, at the solemn ceremony at the military airfield of Vaziani, Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili opened them.

It is noteworthy that this is the third such exercises from the series Noble Partner.

This year they will be visited by US Vice President Michael Pence, who will arrive in Georgia on a two-day visit on Monday, July 31.

By the way, the current exercises in Georgia is one of the components of larger-scale exercises that begin today in the countries of Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region.

It also became known that Russia and Belarus in the latter plan to conduct joint exercises "West-2017", which caused concern in Ukraine.

In turn, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko assured Kiev that the exercises do not pose a threat to our country.

Recall, as reported by "URA-Inform", earlier in Odessa, special units of NATO countries began to arrive.

Источник: УРА-Информ