Georgia Defense Minister Visits U.S.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter will meet his Georgian counterpart Tina Khidasheli at the Pentagon on August 18.
Khidasheli, who is on her first trip to the United States in her capacity of the defense minister, is accompanied by Chief of the General Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Vakhtang Kapanadze.
On August 17 the Georgian Defense Minister met Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland and Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Puneet Talwar.
The Georgian delegation also met with Deputy Assistance Secretary of Defense for Warrior Care Policy James Rodriguez. The Georgian MoD has recently created a new department, which is in charge of overseeing recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration of wounded and injured army service members. 274 Georgian soldiers were wounded in Afghanistan in a period between 2010 and late-April, 2015.
