Tbilisi/05/08/13/Turan-BS PRESS: Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Alaasnia emphasized importance of creation of trilateral cooperation format Georgia-Azerbaijan -Turkey the sphere of military industry.
When being asked about key foreign partnerships Georgia works to strengthen its military with, Alasania highlighted four countries, in particular: Turkey, Azerbaijan, Estonia and Israel. "It"s time to have a trilateral relationship on defense industry level with Azerbaijan and Turkey," Alasania stated in the interview to information-analytical portal EurasiaNet.
According to Alasania, Georgia plans to adopt Azerbaijan"s best practice in the military industry sphere.
"The nature of the threats [to Georgia and to Azerbaijan] are similar, the priorities are similar - we have to protect the [Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan] pipeline, we have to defend the security of the strategic projects that are ongoing, so this is why I think defense cooperation will be a good, solid contribution to the security of these regional projects", EurasiaNet portal cites Alasania as saying.
According to the Georgian Defence Minister, the discussions are underway with arms manufacturers from Estonia and Turkey to set up joint ventures in Georgia with the state-owned defense manufacturer Delta, Alasania said.
"We have a very close relationship with Estonian partners. We"re going to expand in the future our relationship with Israel, as well", Alasania noted. -02D-
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