30 Jan 2014 15:21

NATO lauds effort to fight corruption at Georgian Defense Ministry

TBILISI. Jan 30 (Interfax) - NATO welcomes the effort to fight corruption and to lower corruption risks in the Georgian Defense Ministry, Georgian Deputy Defense Minister Tamara Karosanidze told a press conference on Thursday.

She said NATO experts had drawn up a report on reforms carried out by Georgia consistent with the NATO Building Integrity program.

The report positively evaluated the completed and upcoming reforms, the deputy minister said.

"The report by NATO experts accentuated the steps the ministry had taken for building up transparency and reducing corruption risks and indicated problems that had yet to be resolved," Karosanidze said.