Georgia Ready to Give Bases to US

(Tbilisi. March 19, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Georgian Defense Minister Davit Tevzadze told the reporters today “Georgia is ready to let the United States to use Georgian airfields in war against Iraq.”

There were some speculations in the Georgian media sources that the Georgian troops, trained by the US military instructors in the frames of the Train-and-Equip program might participate in the war against Iraq.

“The war has not launched yet, so it is early to talk about it,” Tevzadze said, while commenting the report.
 

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