WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2018 — Defense Secretary James N.
Mattis met yesterday with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashili and
Defense Minister Levan Izoria during the Munich Security Conference to discuss
the U.S.-Georgia defense relationship and regional security issues, chief Pentagon
spokesperson Dana W. White said in a readout of the meeting.
The defense secretary praised Georgia's continuing service
as the largest non-NATO force contributor and per-capita contributor alongside
U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, White said, and recognized that this
service has come at the price of 32 Georgian service members' lives and 290
more wounded.
Mattis reaffirmed the United States' support for the
sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia, she said.
The defense secretary discussed the significant progress in
Georgia's defense reforms and U.S. security assistance to Georgia's armed
forces, White said, including the ongoing partnership to enhance combat
readiness and institutional capacity via the Georgia Defense Readiness Program.
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