TBILISI. Nov 15 (Interfax-AVN) - A NATO office is due to open in Tbilisi before the end of the year or in January at the latest, a reliable source in the Georgian Defense Ministry told Interfax-Military News Agency on Monday.
"A liaison officer of the North-Atlantic Alliance, presumably to be housed in the Defense Ministry's building, will coordinate, along with Robert Simmons, NATO Secretary General's special representative in the Caucasus and Central Asia," the source said.
He added that the special representative would periodically visit Georgia to meet with local leaders.
"The presence of the alliance's liaison officer in Georgia will stimulate our relations with NATO," the source said.