NATO chief Rasmussen to visit Georgia this fall
TBILISI. June 28 (Interfax-AVN) - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will visit Georgia this September, Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze said at a briefing on Thursday after a meeting with NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow who is in Tbilisi on a visit.
"The upcoming visit by the NATO secretary general to Georgia and the visit by his deputy these days attest to the deepening of cooperation between Georgia and NATO," Baramidze said.
NATO supports Georgia's aspiration to integrate in the Euro-Atlantic structures, Vershbow said at the briefing. He also thanked Georgia for its participations in the operation in Afghanistan.
We confirm once again that Georgia will become a NATO member, the deputy secretary general said.