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July 09, 2015

Georgia launches joint drills with five NATO countries
Tbilisi (AFP) July 8, 2015
Georgian troops on Wednesday launched joint military exercises with United States marines and soldiers from four Eastern European NATO members, the pro-Western ex-Soviet nation's defence ministry said. The drills dubbed "Agile Spirit 2015" are part of a "substantive package" of measures aimed at bringing Georgia - which has long sought full NATO membership - closer to the US-led alliance's standards, the ministry said in a statement. "One of the priority areas of the package is the holding of ... read more

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