GEORGIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY TO OPEN COMBAT TRAINING CENTER IN JAVAKHETI

April 9, 2015 10:56

Photo:

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Georgian Ministry of Defense will open Primary
Combat Training Center in Akhalkalaki this year.

Georgian Defense Minister Mindia Janelidze said this, Mediamax’s own
correspondent reports.

According to him, intensive construction works of the center are
underway.

Earlier, Russian military base employing locals was stationed in
Akhalkalaki.

Mindia Janelidze also said that in May 2015, Georgia will host
“unprecedented joint exercises with the U.S.”, but he abstained
from details.

It should be recalled that in March 2015, modern base of the police
special mission unit opened in Aspindza village in Samtskhe-Javakheti
region. “Earlier, there was no special mission unit of the Georgian
Ministry of Internal Affairs, while now citizens will feel more
protected”, stated the Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Gharibashvili
stated this at the opening.

Samtskhe-Javakheti is mainly populated with ethnic Armenians.