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NATO-Georgia Exercise 2016 to Begin Thursday

© AP Photo / VANO SHLAMOVGeorgian soldiers stand in formation during the inauguration ceremony of the NATO-Georgian Joint Training and Evaluation Center at the Krtsanisi military training base, outside Tbilisi, on August 27, 2015
Georgian soldiers stand in formation during the inauguration ceremony of the NATO-Georgian Joint Training and Evaluation Center at the Krtsanisi military training base, outside Tbilisi, on August 27, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The first NATO-Georgia joint multinational brigade-level exercise, the NATO-Georgia Exercise 2016, will take place from November 10 to 20 at the Joint Training and Evaluation Center, near Tbilisi, Georgia.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference before a Foreign Affairs meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on December 01, 2015 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) The exercise is aimed at developing the necessary skills in officers to plan NATO operations and testing the interoperability of Georgian, Allied and Partner Forces. Along with the Georgian side, Allied Command Transformation (ACT), Allied Land Command (LANDCOM) and Joint Force Training Center (JFTC) are involved in the planning and execution of the exercise.

Officers from 13 NATO-member and two partner countries will take part in the exercise, including Turkey, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Belgium, Slovenia, UK, US, Ukraine and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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