U.S. promises military training to Georgia
Source: Reuters
U.S. promises military training to Georgia
Tue, 5 Jun 2012 16:38 GMT
Source: reuters // Reuters
By Arshad Mohammed and Margarita Antidze
BATUMI, Georgia, June 5 (Reuters) - The United States pledged on Tuesday to help train pro-Western Georgia's military in coastal defence and underscored its rejection of Russia's "occupation" of two separatist Georgian regions after a five-day war between Tbilisi and Moscow.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, visiting the Black Sea resort town of Batumi during a trip to the South Caucasus, urged Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to hold free and fair parliamentary elections as his term as president expires.
Clinton's comments on military support will likely antagonise Russia, which sent troops into Georgia in 2008, routing the small South Caucasus country's military before recognising the two separatist regions as independent countries.
Clinton promised that Washington would provide training and support for Georgian forces to better monitor their coasts and skies and upgrade its transport helicopter fleet so it can more easily move supplies and people around the former Soviet state.
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Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)to repel the impending invasion from Alabama.
Oh, wait
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)read as "guaranteed to piss off"
Also designed to help ensure that Georgia's next round of elections are as bent as the last ones.
formercia
(18,479 posts)and engage Russian forces.
Perhaps the Taliban could give them a few pointers.