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FORMER GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES' $4BLN ALLOCATION TO MILITARY INDUSTRY IS SPEND INEFFICIENTLY - ARMENIAN ANALYST
NEW.AM
March 13, 2013 | 16:13
YEREVAN. - Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania's first recent
visit to Armenia was not solely political and informational, Georgian
Studies specialist, Center for Political and Legal Studies (CePLS)
Director Johnny Melikyan stated during a press conference on Wednesday.
"During the visit, the defense ministers of both countries primarily
discussed matters relating to three domains: Military education,
reforms, and participation in international peacekeeping missions,"
the analyst noted.
He stressed that Georgia has greatly contributed to the peace mission
in Afghanistan, and added that Georgia is the sole non-NATO country
which has around 1,500 peacekeepers in Afghanistan.
As for military reforms in Georgia, Alasania stressed, during his
visit, that the $4 billion, which the country's former authorities
had allocated for military industry, were spend inefficiently.
"The Georgian party could make use of the Armenian track-record in
this regard, whereas the Armenian [party], the knowhow of the Georgian
colleagues in several other directions," Johnny Melikyan concluded.
From: A. Papazian
NEW.AM
March 13, 2013 | 16:13
YEREVAN. - Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania's first recent
visit to Armenia was not solely political and informational, Georgian
Studies specialist, Center for Political and Legal Studies (CePLS)
Director Johnny Melikyan stated during a press conference on Wednesday.
"During the visit, the defense ministers of both countries primarily
discussed matters relating to three domains: Military education,
reforms, and participation in international peacekeeping missions,"
the analyst noted.
He stressed that Georgia has greatly contributed to the peace mission
in Afghanistan, and added that Georgia is the sole non-NATO country
which has around 1,500 peacekeepers in Afghanistan.
As for military reforms in Georgia, Alasania stressed, during his
visit, that the $4 billion, which the country's former authorities
had allocated for military industry, were spend inefficiently.
"The Georgian party could make use of the Armenian track-record in
this regard, whereas the Armenian [party], the knowhow of the Georgian
colleagues in several other directions," Johnny Melikyan concluded.
From: A. Papazian