TBILISI. Feb 25 (Interfax-AVN) - Georgia's new leaders see no prospects in cooperation with the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Defense Minister Gela Bezhuashvili said on Wednesday.
"The Georgian party is closely following processes in the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and today I can say that Tbilisi sees no prospects of efficient military cooperation in this organization's framework," Bezhuashvili told Interfax- Military News Agency Tuesday.
"We look at it this way: just another bureaucracy is being created in the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Time will tell how efficient this organization is," he said.
The minister stressed that each country has the right to choose "a security umbrella."
"That is why Georgian leaders are absolutely calm and neutral about our neighbor, Armenia, being part of the Collective Security Treaty. We are equally calm about our another neighbor, Turkey, being a member of NATO," Bezhuashvili said.