Georgia to continue cooperating with U.S. in anti-terrorism operations in future

Georgia will be continuing to cooperate with the U.S. in anti-terrorism operations in the future, the deputy secretary of the Security Council of Georgia Batu Kutelia told reporters, commenting on the U.S. Department of State report for 2010.

"Terrorism is a threat, with which no country can cope with own forces. The most important aspect in combating terrorism is regional cooperation, both border controls and exchange of information and involvement of all countries in the international mechanisms, creation of internal institutions, as well as bilateral relations at the level of cooperation between relevant law-enforcement agencies, the effective exchange of information and so on. The report says that Georgia has achieved good results in this regard, and of course, it will be useful in terms of regional security," he said.

"Georgia continues cooperation with the U.S. and EU in combating terrorism, improves protection of borders and monitoring of the financing of terrorism," the report said.

"The absence of control over Abkhazia and South Ossetia prevents combating terrorism in this region and protecting the borders with Russia. In addition, information about incidents is limited, many cases are not confirmed, because the Georgian government has no control over these territories. Foreign embassies and international missions are not allowed to enter there," the report said.


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