NATO-Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Center (JTEC) hosted a solemn ceremony dedicated to the graduation of the courses of the Captain Career School of the Combined Army Center.

As part of the “Arrow 2020” field gathering, a live fire exercise was held with the involvement of the Reconnisance Unit of the Georgian Defence Forces and the Special Tasks Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Defence Minister hosted a newly appointed Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) at the Ministry of Defence. At the introductory meeting, Irakli Garibashvili congratulated Marek Szczygiel on his appointment to the new position and wished him every success.  

27 years have passed since the battle near the small town of Tamishi,  Abkhazia. Defence Minister paid tribute to the memory of the heroes who died at the battlefield and laid a wreath at their memorial.

From today, Major General Giorgi Matiashvili will command the Georgian Defence Forces. The ceremony of thansfer of authority of the Defence Forces Commander was held at the drill ground of IV Mechanized Brigade in Vaziani. Lieutenant General Vladimer Chachibaia officially handed over the flag of the Defence Forces Commander to Major General Giorgi Matiashvili.  

The Minister of Defence Irakli Garibashvili met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Georgia Kelly Degnan. The meeting focused on the possibilities of strengthening the current strategic partnership and defence cooperation between the countries.

Renewal of military infrastructure initiated by the Minister of Defence of Georgia in 2020 is in an active phase. Minister Irakli Garibashvili is regularly informed about the ongoing repair and construction works in the military units. This time, he visited several locations throughout Eastern Georgia and received detailed information about the current infrastructural projects.

Admission of students to the General Giorgi Kvinitadze Cadets Military Lyceum for the 2020-2021 academic year is ongoing.  

A joint life fire exercise of the Special Operations Forces of Georgian army and the US Team of Special Forces was held at the facility. 

At the initiative of the Minister of Defence of Georgia, the training of chefs in the Defence Forces is beginning.  As a result of the project, the food menu of Georgian servicemen will become more diverse and their food quality will be significantly improved.

To complete the "corner of the book" in Afghanistan, the military servicemen were donated the books from Ilia Chavchavadze National Library of the Parliament of Georgia.  

Today, June 24, the Cyber Security Bureau participated for the first time in the annual meeting of MISP Consumers of NATO Smart Defence Initiative.