U.S. experts visit Georgia

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High-ranking officials of the U.S. George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies visited Georgia earlier this month. The U.S. experts also visited the Defense Ministry.

The goal of the visit was to review issues of interdepartmental coordination in security sector management and national security revision.

At the meeting, the experts took an interest in the progress of the National Security Review defense sector, and studied local needs and capacities in this regard.

The official delegation comprised the following top officials: Dr. John M. Treddenick, professor of Defense Economics and chairman of the Department of Nonresident Activities at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies; Vernon Hodges, Eurasia Security Sector Reform strategist for the George C. Marshall European Center for Security　Studies and Tiffany Petros, a defense reform supporter of the Office of the Secretary of Defense/Partnership Strategy and Stability Operations.

Among the Georgian representatives attending the meeting were　Defense Ministry leaders and ODC and CUBIC teams. The U.S. experts also held meetings in various governmental entities.

2.10.2009