Military servicemen participate in harvest

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Georgian military servicemen participated in the crop harvesting process in the Kakheti region. The Tenth Cadre Brigade of the National Guard Department in Telavi spent their time picking grapes together with Telavi, Kvareli and Gurjaani citizens.

The Defense Ministry offered assistance to families who could not afford to hire the required labor to harvest their crops. The department and province representatives made a list of these families.

National Guard Department head Zurab Arsoshvili also took part in the harvest. He noted that the military servicemen will provide assistance to local residents until all the crops are gathered.

“We are in the Akhaltsikhe village,” Arsoshvili said. “Our units moved out to various directions to get engaged in the harvesting process. I should mention that our efforts to stand by the local population will be frequent and continue until the end of the harvest. Local residents have started appealing for help and our soldiers stand ready to meet their requirements. At the first stage, up to 50 families appealed to ministry and this number may increase in the future.”

2.10.2009