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Georgia adopts Security Doctrine, naming Armenia close partner
13:16 - 24.12.11
The Georgian lawmakers yesterday approved the country's National
Security Doctrine, which had been debated in parliament since
February.
Introducing the document, the vice secretary of the National Security
Council, Bata Kutelia, said it reflects the ''changed realities that
emerged after the 2008 war with Russia.
The strategy refers to the Georgian-Armenian and Georgian-Azerbaijani
ties, defining the former as close partnership and the latter -
strategic partnership. The authors note that Tbilisi traditionally
maintains good-neighborly relations with both neighbors in the South
Caucasus region.
A separate chapter in the document is devoted to Georgia's
relationship with regional neighbors, the ''flow'' of conflicts from
neighboring countries being considered a key threat. The conflict over
Nagorno-Karabakh is seen as a serious challenge in that context.
The document puts a special emphasis on the Georgia-Nato and
Georgia-EU relations; as for the partnership with the United States,
the authors say it has to develop in accordance with the Georgia-US
Strategic Partnership Declaration.
The main challenge, however, is what the Georgian authorities call the
Russian occupation of the country's lands, as well as the new threat
of war from Russia and the ''terrorist acts against the Russian
occupied lands''.
The authors say Georgia seeks to establish good-neighborly and
peer-to-peer relations with Russia, noting in the meantime that the
country's failure to respect their sovereignty and territorial
integrity is a key obstacle to such efforts.
Tert.am
13:16 - 24.12.11
The Georgian lawmakers yesterday approved the country's National
Security Doctrine, which had been debated in parliament since
February.
Introducing the document, the vice secretary of the National Security
Council, Bata Kutelia, said it reflects the ''changed realities that
emerged after the 2008 war with Russia.
The strategy refers to the Georgian-Armenian and Georgian-Azerbaijani
ties, defining the former as close partnership and the latter -
strategic partnership. The authors note that Tbilisi traditionally
maintains good-neighborly relations with both neighbors in the South
Caucasus region.
A separate chapter in the document is devoted to Georgia's
relationship with regional neighbors, the ''flow'' of conflicts from
neighboring countries being considered a key threat. The conflict over
Nagorno-Karabakh is seen as a serious challenge in that context.
The document puts a special emphasis on the Georgia-Nato and
Georgia-EU relations; as for the partnership with the United States,
the authors say it has to develop in accordance with the Georgia-US
Strategic Partnership Declaration.
The main challenge, however, is what the Georgian authorities call the
Russian occupation of the country's lands, as well as the new threat
of war from Russia and the ''terrorist acts against the Russian
occupied lands''.
The authors say Georgia seeks to establish good-neighborly and
peer-to-peer relations with Russia, noting in the meantime that the
country's failure to respect their sovereignty and territorial
integrity is a key obstacle to such efforts.
Tert.am