Interfax
Nov. 4, 2004

NATO nations discussing assistance programs to Transcaucasian armies

Tbilisi. (Interfax-AVN) – A two-day conference aimed at discussing
capabilities of NATO member nations to provide military aid to
Transcaucasian states opened in Tbilisi on Thursday.

The conference is very important for development of the Georgian,
Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces, because it will work out
specific programs of assistance from NATO member nations, Nikolai
Janjgava, spokesman for the Georgian General Staff, told reporters.

“In particular, the conference will make decisions on the shape of
programs of material and technical assistance to Georgia, various
instructional and training courses,” Janjgava said.

A spokesman for the Georgian Defense Ministry told Interfax-AVN that
two conferences of this kind have been held before. They took place in
Estonia and Germany.