Visit of the Minister of Defence of Georgia

Minister of Defence of Georgia, Juansher Burchuladze paid a visit to the Kingdom of Sweden on 4-5 July. During the visit Minister held meetings with the Minister of Defence of Sweden, Pål Jonson, Minister for Civil Defence, Carl-Oskar Bohlin, Chairman of the Defence committee, Peter Hultqvist of the Parliament of Sweden and the CEO of SAAB, Micael Johansson.

Minister of the Defence discussed with his counterparts issues of regional security, need for deepening cooperation in the field of defence, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and its consequences for Georgia and Sweden.

Sides expressed their appreciation regarding the existing level of cooperation and stressed the significance of further deepening relations in the defence sphere.