Remarks

by NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller and Vakhtang Gomelauri, Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Batumi Port

  • 04 Oct. 2019 -
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  • Mis à jour le: 04 Oct. 2019 11:56

(as delivered)

Thank you all very much for being here this morning. I’m glad to see the great enthusiasm. I must say it’s a great honour and pleasure for me to be here as well and to see the development of the Georgian coast guard. To visit your coast guard ships and to have the opportunity to meet with your coast guard officers and also your coast guard enlisted men. I had, a moment ago, an opportunity to talk to the boarding team that is being trained along with NATO. We are very very proud to have the opportunity to develop the capability of the Georgian coast guard to help to maintain security and safety in the Black Sea. So it’s a huge honour for me to be here today. It’s a great pleasure as well. I’m enjoying this beautiful Batumi sunshine, after grey days in Brussels already this autumn. So thank you for the opportunity to be here and thank you to the minister for hosting me this morning on this visit.