WARSAW (Sputnik) — Cooperation between Georgia and NATO has officially begun in 1994 when the country became a member of the Partnership for Peace program. Since 2004, the cooperation has become much closer. In April 2008, at the NATO Bucharest Summit, the allied heads of state and government agreed to Georgia becoming a NATO member in the future.
"Yesterday, foreign ministers met in the NATO-Georgia commission to reiterate our strong political and practical support. Our efforts aimed to strengthen Georgia's defense capabilities and help country's progress in the preparations towards membership," Stoltenberg told reporters at the NATO summit in Warsaw.
According to a joint statement of the NATO-Georgia commission at the level of foreign ministers, NATO allies welcomed at the summit in Poland the significant progress in cooperation with Georgia and agreed that Georgia-NATO relationship contains all the tools to prepare for eventual membership.
