Georgia has no plan to withdraw troops from Afghanistan

Georgia, Tbilisi, Oct. 8 / Trend, N.Kirtskhalia / The Defense Ministry will not be a punitive agency any more, candidate for Georgian defense minister Irakli Alasania said. He said there will be no illegality in the ministry any longer, which lasted for all these years. "The priority will be improving our country's defense capability and increasing fighting efficiency of our military units. All professionals will be preserved, not a single officer will be lost. Many left the ministry because of the current leadership. We will get them back. The second, which is also very important, is to analyze the reasons for our military failures. The country has not made similar analysis for the past 20 years," Alasania said. He also said that Georgia will not withdraw its troops from Afghanistan and the Georgian servicemen will stay there until the end of the mandate. The Georgian Dream coalition leader who won the parliamentary elections Bidzina Ivanishvili has put forward candidates for ministerial posts in the new Georgian government at the coalition's headquarters in Tbilisi today Ivanishvili will take the post of prime minister. Ivanishvili has held consultations on forming a new Cabinet of Ministers since Oct.4. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az