Georgia’s defence minister Juansher Burchuladze and his Ukrainian colleague Oleksii Reznikov are set to meet NATO counterparts today, February 17, during sessions involving the alliance’s ministers of defence in Brussels.

Burchuladze and Reznikov will meet all 30 NATO colleagues.

According to the Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, upcoming meeting “will be a platform to address the importance of sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries in Europe, including Georgia and Ukraine”.

The alliance head further stressed the importance of the continuation of support to the reform efforts in Georgia, adding “this is part of the regular important close coordination between Georgia and NATO”.

Jens Stoltenberg reiterated support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in his comments.