TBILISI. March 17 (Interfax) - A NATO appraisal mission has come to Georgia to reach a final agreement on the venue of the joint training center and assessing project costs together with the local authorities.
Head of the NATO Liaison Office in Georgia William Lahue told reporters on Tuesday that the joint training center of Georgia and NATO would not be a military threat.
He also said that the project would be a form of NATO support to Georgia.
The center is not a military base and "it will not pose a military threat to any neighboring country," Georgian Deputy Defense Minister Levan Girsiashvili said, commenting on the Russian concerns about the prospective center.
The center will be unveiled consistent with the action plan for Georgia presented at the NATO summit in Wales in September 2014. It will be coaching servicemen of the alliance and NATO partner states.
The NATO appraisal mission will visit the Vaziani military base and the Krtsanisi national training center suggested as prospective venues of the center. The Georgian Defense Ministry said that the construction of the center might begin in fall and it would be open before the end of this year.