A meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission took place in the NATO headquarters in Brussels on March 12. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Tbilisi will present an annual plan for the country's integration into the NATO at the session, as well as a new strategy of the government regarding Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
The Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Teimuraz Yakobashvili is now in Brussels and explains the essence of NATO's new strategy for the country's conflict regions. A preliminary document was approved by the US State Department, the Council of Europe, the UN and the OSCE.
The document, in particular, confirmed that Georgia intends to bring back Abkhazia and South Ossetia by peaceful means.
"This is the state strategy that emerged in such form after extensive consultation. We like it, our friends like it. A large group of experts, including international specialists, took part in its elaboration", said the Deputy Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nino Kalandadze.
According to her, the document contains "very pragmatic ideas and defines many goals related to the occupied territories". In particular, as the deputy minister explained, they include "a safe and dignified return of refugees and, above all, the territorial security".
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