10/06/2011 12:53
Georgia to send more troops to Afghanistan in 2012
Georgia will send an additional battalion to Afghanistan next year, which will turn the country into the largest non-NATO ISAF contributor, the Georgian Ministry of Defense said on June 9, the Civil Georgia reported.
The issue was discussed in Brussels during a meeting on June 9 between Georgian Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia and General David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Meeting of NATO Defense Ministers with non-NATO ISAF Contributing Nations was held in Brussels on June 9.