The NATO Military Committee has welcomed Georgia's decision to send 750 additional troops to Afghanistan as a contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
Georgia earlier deployed 175 servicemen in the south Central Asian country.
"The Committee... welcomed Georgia's contribution of over 750 troops to ISAF in Helmand Province, which makes Georgia the 2nd largest troop-contributing NATO Partner [per capita]," NATO's international military staff said on its website.
A regular session of the Georgia-NATO commission was held on Wednesday.
Georgia has long been pursuing NATO membership, but its bid was turned down due to pressure from Germany and France at a 2008 NATO summit in Bucharest. However, NATO has stated that the country will join at an unspecified date in the future.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and a separate U.S.-led coalition, involved in Operation Enduring Freedom, have about 89,000 troops in Afghanistan. A total of 44 countries are involved in security efforts in the country hit by militant activities and drug crime.
U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan in the first part of 2010. Other NATO members are also planning to send 7,000 additional troops to the country.
BRUSSELS, May 7 (RIA Novosti)
